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I wanted to buy and shoot a handgun ... but I wasn't old enough ... you had to be either 18 or 21 to buy a handgun in Louisiana at the time and I wasn't ... this was about 1963 or 1964 ... but the...

If you already have a set of 45 ACP dies and if you are loading a boolit like the 200 grain Lyman 452460 SWC or the Lee 452-200-SWC , then just seat and taper crimp like you would do a 45 ACP round...

Another book I have found useful is the reprint of Elmer Keith's 1936 book
" Sixgun Cartridges & Loads " the reprint is available on Amazon ... published in 2016 by Silver Rock Publishing . ...

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Keep On Keeping On ... Nice to hear from you again !
The first round's on me :drinks:
Gary

Is it true that cellulose ... grows on trees ?

Gary

In the 45 Colt with 200 grain cast boolits ...
If you can't get Trail Boss or Clays ... see if you can find :
700X
Bullseye
American Select
Red Dot
TiteGroup
AA #2 (Accurate Arms )
N320
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Not only do I flux while casting but use a two step flux ...
Flux #1 with wood shavings (pencil sharpener shavings) and a little beeswax .
Flux #2 with Marvelux .
Why ... because it works best and...

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Perfect Pig Perforator ... Awesome :drinks:
Gary

We were visitin my Daughter in North Port Florida two weeks ago ...
Spotted pigs in the back of her apartment complex ... at a rest stop / small park and around a road construction site ...
......

Just How Huge are they getting ???

In Louisiana I have seen ( harvested ) them 12-15 pounds and length is about 30 inches overall ... body and tail ... full grown adult ...
20 " body - 10" tail...

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I have enjoyed Mexican food my whole life (75 yrs old now) loved Tacos but alwys had them with beef . Until Saturday ... had Crispy Fish Taco's ...
I know Fish Taco's sounds real weird ... but...

Lyman used to sell a set of moulds ... #1. cast the body , with hard alloy and mould #2 cast the nose of soft alloy ... then you took epoxy glue and glued the boolit halves together after it set up...

I'm a big Wadcutter Fan ... 38 Special , 357 and 41 magnum ...
My Daughter has a 44 Special and these are the favorite loads we have worked up
with the NOE 432-226-WC PB ... a 226 grain plain...

I inspect all my brass ... each and every case for crimped in primers , Berdan Primers and primer size (small or large) ...
... you never know what the heck is going to pop up these days ...

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Loading lead in a 9mm Luger is hard enough ...

Loading Lead in a Wonky (rough machine & chatter marks ) barrel is going to be next to impossible ...

Life's too...

Why not indeed !
The mould I would look at first ... and I have this design in both 38 /357 and 41 magnum ...
Is the NOE #432-237-WC BL4 2 cavity (1 in stock ) RG2 PB .
This is based on the now...

I'm just as prepared as I was for... Y2K ... :drinks: !
Gary

That's just Awesome !

I know what to do ... in theory
I know when to do it ...
but actually being able to keep your head and perform the maneuver when the Chips are down is something else !...

I've been using a Lyman 450 since 1972 ... nothing has broken and it's still doing it's assigned task ... I don't have a bad word to say about it ... I Like It !
Gary

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I Agree ...
If 8.2 grs of Unique wont get you there ... Don't Go !
Besides ... If you have plenty Unique on hand ... then it's the best place to start !
Gary

Thanks for the Link ... I will see if i can get it printed out !
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Gary

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Pure lead , even when powder coated is too soft for loading into a 9mm Luger .
When you seat the boolit in the case it gets squeezed down and the soft nose deforms on the feed ramps .
I mix pure...

I have never had a gas check make a load shoot worse .

Everytime I used a gas check (rifle loads here) things got better .

You can work up decent loads with plain based boolits but ... by and...