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Ozzieman · March 3, 2013, 11:53 AM

I shoot a lot of cap and ball revolvers and all of them are 44 which use .451 diameter balls.
I’ve wanted to load some 45 LC with ball for a long time and I noticed that the old Speer #10 manual had a load for the same ball. These are 141 GR with a suggested load of Unique.
They were actually difficult to load. The bullet depth was very difficult to set up. Many of the first couple looked fine but the bullet would actually turn in the case. In fact they turned very easily.
If I was going to do this a lot I would have a case belling die made so that the only thing it did was to bell the case.
These rounds are real zippers. The velocity is so high that I expect you’ll be able to see the bullet leave the barrel. 590 FPS per the Speer manual.
Looking forward to popping a couple. When the darn weather gets nice.

March 3, 2013, 11:53 AM	#338
Ozzieman Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Posts: 6,117	I shoot a lot of cap and ball revolvers and all of them are 44 which use .451 diameter balls. I’ve wanted to load some 45 LC with ball for a long time and I noticed that the old Speer #10 manual had a load for the same ball. These are 141 GR with a suggested load of Unique. They were actually difficult to load. The bullet depth was very difficult to set up. Many of the first couple looked fine but the bullet would actually turn in the case. In fact they turned very easily. If I was going to do this a lot I would have a case belling die made so that the only thing it did was to bell the case. These rounds are real zippers. The velocity is so high that I expect you’ll be able to see the bullet leave the barrel. 590 FPS per the Speer manual. Looking forward to popping a couple. When the darn weather gets nice. __________________ It was a sad day when I discovered my universal remote control did not in fact control the universe. Did you hear about the latest study.....5 out of 6 liberals say that Russian Roulette is safe. Last edited by Ozzieman; February 12, 2017 at 06:27 PM.