Hey fellas:
I just finished loading some of the 45 acp shot loads for my stepson. I did change my recipe somewhat. Figured I would share
just in case anyone is interested.
I did post earlier on, on this thread that I made my dies about January of 2013. I used the C.E. Harris, NRA article to make the
dies from.
My first tried/proven loads were with 308 brass. I abandoned the 308 brass, and have been making them from 45 Winchester
Mag brass since then.
1. Turn the ejector groove to match 45 acp groove dimension.
2. After sizing, I flair the the case mouth. This helps get the opw started.
3. Prime the case.
4. I drop a 6 grain charge of the W231, using the Little Dandy and a #9 rotor.
5. Hand seat a .060 thick card wad, .425 dia. over the powder.
6. Weigh out 175 grains of 10-11 shot. I drop in about 1/3 of it and settle. Repeat two more times.
7. For over the shot, I use a 416 Gator check sized in the Lee push through to .410. Pointing down, it is seated with about .040-
.050 below the top of the case.
8. I then run it through the seat/crimp die to finish out the round. I made this die with a center stem, to hold the gas check in
place when crimping.
These loads are devastating to pop cans. I can imagine what they would do to a snake. What I liked about these
particular loads, is the amount of shot I was able to get into the case. I have used the Speer shot loads on rattlers before, but I
believe these will be much better, given the amount of shot in the load.
There is one glitch. There is a failure to eject (sometimes) being as these cases are long and straight after firing.
Has anyone else had this issue with their fired rounds? When they do eject, the case is ruined at the mouth.
I really don't care about saving the brass, but would like the empties to exit totally.
Any input?
Regards
Jack