Loading with 4 gr Red Dot and powdercoated Lee TL452-230 boolits
Ruger SR1911
50/50 ??
Loading with 4 gr Red Dot and powdercoated Lee TL452-230 boolits
Ruger SR1911
50/50 ??
No need. 1:3 or 1:4 is enough with target loads for 45 ACP
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In a Lee 10,pound pot 7lbs scrap & 1 lb Rotometals linotype, is what i use. Not coated.
. When i tried almost pure lead, bullets deformed & stuck on the feel ramp. Jammed. Never happened before.
The alloy has to make the as cast diameter you need. Antimony in linotype makes as cast larger in diameter & harder.
The near pure was tried because of reading on this website.
Powder coating gives you a lot of leeway with your alloy choices. I would say 10% Lino, maybe 20%, and see how they shoot.
Yeah, I wouldn't waste much Linotype on 45ACP. You could probably get by with 2% tin, 98% Lead, and cast at a low temperature to reduce the amount of heat shrinkage. I like to cast 45ACP at around 680*. Save the Lino for higher pressure cartridges.
I've been using a 5/1 with a bit of added tin for 45 ACP and 9mm.
Mostly using Hi-Tek.
NRA Benefactor.
Save the lino. I use the same boolit with PC at a 25-1 lead-tin mix at 10 BHN with 4.5gr. red dot. No leading and accurate from my Springfield 1911A1. I have several friends using the same without problems. As others have said, save that precious lino for the HV stuff.
You can shoot pure lead in a 45acp so 4-1 lead/lino is plenty hard with a 0.452" bullet.
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NRA Cert. Inst. Met. Reloading & Basic Pistol
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |