45 colt

[Billyspetz]

I have found that using pure lead works great in my 45 colt lever action, ive been reloading for it for a couple of years doing this and have no trouble with leading at all, i have created a link to share and also thease were recovered on ice and snow behind the target. https://photos.app.goo.gl/OAdmAH146b0bG5eR2

[Walter Laich]

good looking bullets

you could load them again in a pinch but mine like that go back in casting pot

still, you never know . . .

[Walter Laich]

BTW

how much snow does it take to stop 45 Colt bullets? Down in Houston that's not an option for us

[Steppapajon]

Beautiful lead nuggets you have there. I wish i could find a mother load mine of them!

[hornady308]

It is amazing how well really soft bullets can work. It's almost as if those guys back in the 1800's actually knew what they were doing.

[Snow ninja]

I would be interested in putting them back through the lubrisizer and load them up just to see the accuracy difference.

[Outpost75]

I used to walk the grassy area downrange at Camp Perry after the pistol leg matches to pick up .45 hardball bullets by the bucket full and re-use them. Normal drill was to wash then run through .451 sizer to correct any out of round, then load with 4.6 grains of Bullseye. They were fine for practice, would try to pickup 50-75 pounds of them each year, easier than casting.

[David2011]

Great but not surprising. There were no hard cast bullets when the .45 Colt was invented.

[Wayne Dobbs]

I used to walk the grassy area downrange at Camp Perry after the pistol leg matches to pick up .45 hardball bullets by the bucket full and re-use them. Normal drill was to wash then run through .451 sizer to correct any out of round, then load with 4.6 grains of Bullseye. They were fine for practice, would try to pickup 50-75 pounds of them each year, easier than casting.

How far downrange did you find these?

[Outpost75]

How far downrange did you find these?

IIRC between the 600 and 300 yard firing lines, scooting along the grass until they slowed down, just lying on top. We'd just go for the recently-fired shiny ones which were easy to see.

[evoevil]

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