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Naphtali
04-09-2021, 07:44 PM
I need to buy three Lyman #452651 325-grain .452-inch bullets to test cartridge overall length. If you can make them available for me to buy, please PM or email me.
mehavey
04-09-2021, 10:14 PM
Look at http://accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=45-325L for nose (and therfore most probable) OAL dimensions w/ a known case length.

Assuming a 45 Colt 1.285" case, you're looking at ~1.59" OAL seated to/in the crimp groove.
onelight
04-09-2021, 10:58 PM
Are you wanting to load into cases to see if they will feed in a particular gun ?
Daekar
04-10-2021, 08:19 PM
I need to buy three Lyman #452651 325-grain .452-inch bullets to test cartridge overall length. If you can make them available for me to buy, please PM or email me.

I don't have that mould, so I can't be of direct help, but I can heartily recommend that you get a 3D printer and just model/print the bullets yourself. That's what I've been doing, with designs from our custom mould makers and with my own designs - it seems to work great. If you don't want to mess with seating a plastic boolit, you can just print the entire cartridge as-loaded as a test piece. Either way it reduces uncertainty about what will fit and how things will look.
Naphtali
04-11-2021, 08:56 PM
Are you wanting to load into cases to see if they will feed in a particular gun ? Yes. Since inching down and recrimping will probably ruin a bullet, three should do the job for me. Neither gas check nor lubricant will be needed.
mehavey
04-11-2021, 09:02 PM
Did you look at Post #2 (https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?423145-I-need-to-buy-three-bullets-to-test-cartridge-overall-length&p=5164886&viewfull=1#post5164886) ?
That's the 452651.
http://accuratemolds.com/catalog.php?page=20#catalog-anchor
John Boy
04-11-2021, 09:41 PM
Believe he is trying to micro detriment COAL for this in a previous post ... This is the hunting load I developed for my Freedom Arms 97 45 Colt. Without having chronographed the load from my 24-inch barreled Rossi 92
Naphtali
04-12-2021, 07:24 PM
Believe he is trying to micro detriment COAL for this in a previous post ... This is the hunting load I developed for my Freedom Arms 97 45 Colt. Without having chronographed the load from my 24-inch barreled Rossi 92 This is precisely what I want to do. Same revolver. Same rifle. Same rifle barrel length. Can you help me out?