[J4ckBurt0n]

I own a Ruger Blackhawk Convertible with a 5.5" barrel and am looking at reloading as 45 LC is getting hard to come by these days.

I am relatively new to reloading but have successfully reloaded 45 ACP and 22-250 in a couple of different flavors. I have the gear (mixture of RCBS press and Lee carbide dies)

The loads that I am looking at are Remmington Brass, Alliant Red Dot, CCI primers and Magtech 250gr LFN bullets.

I have tried to seat the bullet a number of times (non-charged, non-primed rounds) for test and have not been overly successful. I have used the sizing the appropriate sizing dies.

The problem that I have is that the lead seems to want to smash over the outside of the brass leaving a small amount on the outside of the casing below the top. I cannot figure out how to remedy this or if it is supposed to do this and I am supposed to remove the "excess" lead.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
J4ck