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Old May 19, 2011, 01:47 AM   #34
Bill Akins
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Thanks for the suggestions fellas. I have a few .45 auto rim cartridge cases left over from my days of owning a S&W 1917 revolver. As most of you no doubt already know, the .45 auto rim is exactly the same as the .45 ACP only instead of a cannelure groove for the extractor and chambering on the case mouth, it has a rim instead.

I'm wondering if I could use those also in my Uberti Hombre. Kind of like using the .45 ACP in a .45 Colt Ruger that has the extra .45 ACP cylinder. Should be about the same shouldn't it, only with a rim instead of chambering on the case mouth? Projectile has to jump a bit further to engage the forcing cone, but it would with the .45 ACP also.

I'm also wondering if I can reload the .45 auto rim with my new Lee .45 Colt dies? Are the rims on the .45 auto rim the same thickness and diameter as on the .45 Colt?





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