Well I've cast some really nice NOE Ranch Dog 45 Colt loads. But right now I have no idea what I should size for my Marlin 94s in 45 Colt. What I was thinking is this, and you guys tell me if I'm wrong or it will work...
- Take a 45/70 case and melt pure lead in it so I end up with a sleeve of lead larger than 454. (ideas on how to get the lead out of the case?)
- Remove the bolt from the rifle and place the sleeve of lead in the throat
- With a wooden dowel hammer the sleeve into the throat and chamber until I feel resistance which should be the bore
- From muzzle end with a dowel hit it back into the chamber
End result should be a sleeve of lead that shows both the bore diameter as well as the throat diameter...????