Eutectic45
04-14-2019, 07:16 AM
Speer makes very nice shot capsules for 45 Colt, they are 0.445 diameter If your 45 ACP revolver has cylinder leads on the large size, like many do, they may work for you.
I tried seating them in sized, belled 45 ACP cases, but the seating force was too high, the capsules broke. They will fit in a fired, belled case quite nicely, then sizing the loaded round in a carbide size die without the decap pin works every time. This gives a very tight fit so you may not have to resort to rubber cement to hold the capsule under recoil.
I was surprised the patterns were so good. This may be because of the shallow rifling in my revolver. I do not know why manufacturers used the shallow 45 pistol type rifling in 45 ACP revolvers it plays hob with some cast bullet loads. Now I may have finally found something good about it.:)239821
I tried seating them in sized, belled 45 ACP cases, but the seating force was too high, the capsules broke. They will fit in a fired, belled case quite nicely, then sizing the loaded round in a carbide size die without the decap pin works every time. This gives a very tight fit so you may not have to resort to rubber cement to hold the capsule under recoil.
I was surprised the patterns were so good. This may be because of the shallow rifling in my revolver. I do not know why manufacturers used the shallow 45 pistol type rifling in 45 ACP revolvers it plays hob with some cast bullet loads. Now I may have finally found something good about it.:)239821