A look at some of my recent cast bullets, and shooting them at Chauncey Wesners preferred loading using W231. #45colt #singleaction #ruger #blaxkhawk #cast #brownells
J_C_Hunt, Finally, someone who knows what a 45 Colt is. None of that pink panywaisted " Long" misnomer bs. That's a mighty fine load he gave you. Nice to have good friends . . . ☆
Love the new bench and rest! awesome job on that. Might have to pick your brain on this whole casting deal...I'd like to see how economical it'll be for me. Most likely I'd cast for .44 mag and .38 special. Anyways, those loads looked stout! You still liking that new chrono? Definitely on my list to pick up a new chrono. You know my answer for the new pistol... 44 Magnum! Love that caliber; have had a heck of a time messing with it over the past year.
If you are looking at buying a new revolver then .44 magnum is by far the most available. Guns, ammo and reloading supplies will be most available for .44. There are guns available in .41mag and even a few revolvers available in .45Colt. Some of them will have less strength if you are wanting to run hot loads. If you are hunting deer then all 3 cartridges probably work equally well.
Try a Smith&Wesson 57 or 657 for your double action revolver. 41 mag is a sweet cartridge. A Ruger Redhawk or Super Redhawk in 44 mag or 45 Colt would be cool also as far as double actions go. Good luck !
I like your table. Have you ever tried turtle base on edge? It looks like it might make you more comfortable. Just me. It’s looking good. Ruger Redhawk? They need action work to be as smooth as a S&W but Tank Tough. In .45 you can do a convertible to shoot your same Colt loads and also .45ACP if you want.
Great video man. Im just starting on reloading and ive loaded up some 44 mag and started on some 454 casull. Everything was going good till a guy i know asked me if i measured the crimp on my 454, said i needed a micrometer. Do you use a micrometer and have you ever heard of measuring crimp? On these magnums and hard recoiling revolvers ive just been kind of rolling the case mouth into the crimp groove. How would you even measure crimp? You help would really be appreciated
Honestly I don’t know how one measures the crimp. I sacrificed a couple of cases and loose bullets experimenting with it until it looked like I thought it should. I followed the setup instructions in my Lee die set, and adjusted it from there. It might be hard to explain, but personally when I crimp in the crimp groove I try to get the bullet seated to where the case mouth is just below the edge of the shoulder above the crimp groove in cast bullets(which is mostly what I shoot). Then I adjusted my crimp to take nearly all of the groove so to speak. The rolled part of the case will follow the groove, and be slightly rolled under that edge above the top of the groove if that makes sense. That’s how I do it, and haven’t had any issues. I’ve had several seasoned handloaders compliment my crimps, but I just figured it out by trial and error. That might not be the correct way at all to do it, but it worked for me. Good luck!
@@j_c_hunt thanks for getting back to me. I bought damn near all the reloading books (haven't read any of them thoroughly) and don't remember reading anything about measuring crimp. I mostly just get my overall case length then crimp in closest crimp groove if more than one. Thanks again and keep up the videos. Love that Ruger!
