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Posted: 5/9/2014 5:39:06 PM EDT
I picked up a pound of Trail Boss for a good price so I figured I'd try it out in 45acp with 230gn LRN bullets. I couldn't find any load data in either of my manuals so I went to Hodgdon's site. They called for a COAL of 1.200". This seems about .060 too deep 
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I seat my cast 230 gr RN to 1.210. Home cast 200 gr SWC's to 1.250. These loads are for 1911's. Other pistols may need another length. As always best to begin at start load and work up carefully. Thanks for the reply. I plan on starting at the starting load of 3.5gn up to 4.3gn in .2 increments. I'll also be shooting these through a 1911. |
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Quoted: I picked up a pound of Trail Boss for a good price so I figured I'd try it out in 45acp with 230gn LRN bullets. I couldn't find any load data in either of my manuals so I went to Hodgdon's site. They called for a COAL of 1.200". This seems about .060 too deep What say the hive? Where did you find Trail Boss in 1 pound increments? Standard 1 pound powder bottle only holds 9 oz of Trail Boss. Just messing with you, I love Trail Boss in revolver loads, never tried it in any of my auto pistols. |
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Where did you find Trail Boss in 1 pound increments? Standard 1 pound powder bottle only holds 9 oz of Trail Boss. Just messing with you, I love Trail Boss in revolver loads, never tried it in any of my auto pistols. Quoted:
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I picked up a pound of Trail Boss for a good price so I figured I'd try it out in 45acp with 230gn LRN bullets. I couldn't find any load data in either of my manuals so I went to Hodgdon's site. They called for a COAL of 1.200". This seems about .060 too deep
What say the hive? Where did you find Trail Boss in 1 pound increments? Standard 1 pound powder bottle only holds 9 oz of Trail Boss. Just messing with you, I love Trail Boss in revolver loads, never tried it in any of my auto pistols. Lol. I actually got it locally through the EE. I'm still fairly new to reloading so I'm trying to develop a few different pet loads with various powders. Given the current state of things in the powder department it made sense to me. That, and I like ladder testing 
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| You should seat them deep enough such that the cartridge headspaces on the case mouth and not on the bullet. I recently went through this measurement and found that, for my pistol and the RNL bullets I have, the OAL had to be 1.230" or less. Anything longer and the cartridge was headspacing on the bullet. |
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You should seat them deep enough such that the cartridge headspaces on the case mouth and not on the bullet. I recently went through this measurement and found that, for my pistol and the RNL bullets I have, the OAL had to be 1.230" or less. Anything longer and the cartridge was headspacing on the bullet. Yes, all bullet and all chambers are different. Find the correct OAL for your choice of bullet and your firearm. Start here. 
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The only OAL data you can use as published is data published by the manufacture of the specific bullet you are loading and that even "depends" on your specific firearm. Usually when OAL data is published it states what specific bullet was used.
Also the OAL published is more of a guideline or "starting point"/ recommended size than a concrete figure. It has proved to work well in testing. Your results may vary. |
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