Four Eyes Henry

I took a bit of the leg pushing the loading gate, found that the spring was interfering with the bolt stop, not rising to the end and causing over rotation. Side effect was a lighter loading gate ;-)

Hold on... Getting Popcorn.....

Have been loading with this setup for years. With the powder I use I have to empty the hopper after loading and apply some graphite on the drum to keep it from sticking.

Deburr the brass on the inside...

Maybe the initial hole, before they cut the slots, was too big. You could measure it with a pin gage set, I suppose. Then measure when the slots are closed in the die.

CBC brass is thinner so it expands and seals better with my Blackpowder loads.

Outward, with Blackpowder I fill the case so the bullet compresses the powder a little. I had blowby with my 45Colt rifle and that went away with my slightly larger sizerdie and CBC brass and I use the same sizer for 45CS That also helpes with case life BTW shooting the same batch for 8 years now...

Laughter, no way, you know shooting is a serious sport... ;-) Good to hear you are getting back in. So, accordeon out, guns in? ...if you shoot blackpowder you'll have an excuse for the misses ;-)

...forgot to mention that they make a beautiful roll crimp... Because of the slightly bigger sizer die I can thumb seat the bullets so I need a good roll crimp..

I've only used roundball in cartridges to get POA/POI with my Pietta 1858 conversion like with the percussion cilinder, that, more or less, worked. For a long time now I'm using the J/P 200 in my 45 CS and 45 Colt with 18 grains blackpowder (cous cous as a filler for 45 Colt) I have a Lyman sizer and Pacific 45 ACP dies for the 45 CS. The sizer die is a litlle bit bigger then standard, so I get straight wall cartridges.

like these ?... http://www.biglube.com/BulletMolds.aspx?ItemID=8ea1b8fc-d133-4c8d-83d9-20b3e2959d21

Big Fritz is still shooting and he allowed me to take some pictures of these...

I made it myself, glued a brass tube in the Uniflow body..

This is my set up..... Piggyback with modified Uniflow (brass hopper) and Lee Pro Auto Disk for fillers. Using it for 10 years now.

Here are some of his trophy's from the old days