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Live45 · March 3, 2013, 08:26 AM

I also just started loading for .45acp. Have loaded .357 and .38sp for years. The only tricky part of loading .45 to me is that it pays to take a little extra time to set your expander die. Set it so that you just barely bell the case enough to set the bullet in the case mouth. I don't use a taper crimping die so this is a critical adjustment for me. Remove the barrel from your gun and make sure that a newly loaded round will "drop" into the chamber as far as a factory round and then fall out on it's own when the barrel is inverted. If your rounds do this you should be good to go.

March 3, 2013, 08:26 AM	#10
Live45 Member Join Date: January 23, 2013 Location: Central Florida Posts: 46	I also just started loading for .45acp. Have loaded .357 and .38sp for years. The only tricky part of loading .45 to me is that it pays to take a little extra time to set your expander die. Set it so that you just barely bell the case enough to set the bullet in the case mouth. I don't use a taper crimping die so this is a critical adjustment for me. Remove the barrel from your gun and make sure that a newly loaded round will "drop" into the chamber as far as a factory round and then fall out on it's own when the barrel is inverted. If your rounds do this you should be good to go.