.45 Colt 180 grain bullets Trail Boss

[John E.B. Rawton]

On 11/12/2018 at 8:07 AM, Chuck Would, SASS # 53289 said:

It's a Dillon 650.  I have heard that TB does not meter well.  We'll find out today.

 

I have used nothing but Trail Boss in my Dillon 550B for 10 years loading .45 and .38 consistently with no issue right down to an empty hopper. Just my experience. 

[Rawhide Rio]

On 11/11/2018 at 11:13 AM, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

Very easy to over charge any handgun case when not paying attention. 

I say that as someone who has been reloading for 50+ yrs.

WW231 and HP38 are the same powder. My #2 choice for SASS.

I use Unique, for ALL of my SASS loading.

OLG

 

 

 

Good luck overcharging with Trail Boss.

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

37 minutes ago, Rawhide Rio said:

Good luck overcharging with Trail Boss.

Good luck get'n a consistent charge with TB....

OLG

[Rawhide Rio]

8 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

Good luck get'n a consistent charge with TB....

OLG

Been getting consistent charges for over 8 years, and checking every 20th charge. Never a problem.

[Juan Solo]

32 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

Good luck get'n a consistent charge with TB....

OLG

 

Its really only a problem if you don't do the pool pump trick or you use the pistol insert instead of the rifle i've found.

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

58 minutes ago, Rawhide Rio said:

Been getting consistent charges for over 8 years, and checking every 20th charge. Never a problem.

May I ask, what you allow for weight variance?

OLG

[Blackface Charlie]

On ‎11‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 9:24 AM, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

Why does he want to use TB, when there are so many other powders that meter much better?

Have him look at Unique and WW-231.

OLG

 

I'm a newbie----getting ready to load my first rounds for wild bunch and will be using 205 gr bullets and unique-----what recipes' are you using----thank you

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

11 hours ago, Blackface Charlie said:

 

I'm a newbie----getting ready to load my first rounds for wild bunch and will be using 205 gr bullets and unique-----what recipes' are you using----thank you

Are you loading .45 acp?

Is so-I would use 5.5gn of WW231 powder and a 200gn SWC bullet.

OLG

[Blackface Charlie]

I’ve loaded about 25k rounds of 45 on that recipe with 200 gr rn FMJ.    Been happy with that!  Just loaded up 1500 rounds for wild bunch.   

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

2 minutes ago, Blackface Charlie said:

I’ve loaded about 25k rounds of 45 on that recipe with 200 gr rn FMJ.    Been happy with that!  Just loaded up 1500 rounds for wild bunch.   

You can't use FMJ bullets in WB or SASS.

OLG

[Blackface Charlie]

Yup—-hence the 1500 lead rounds I loaded this week.   Kind of a bummer as I have two 20 mm ammo cans full to the brim of loose 45 fmj’s. I shoot several hundred a week so as I burn through those I’ll just reload with lead .   

[watab kid]

"Chuck, please tell your friend to get a good loading manual and stick to published data. I can't emphasize that enough. If he can find a mentor who can show him the reloading process, so much the better.

 

I hate to sound like a stern schoolmarm, but suggesting loads that are outside published data to a newbie reloader is a really bad idea."

 

BETTER ADVICE has never been given , this is worth repeating here even tho we are loading well below the minimum pressures and velocities - it makes no sense to make a mistake that can change your life or someone else's near you , there are so many loads that are within the norm for near any powder we might think to use in this sport , why re-invent the wheel ? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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