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BowHuntur777
I'm tring to reload some 45 acp. Can anybody tell me what kind of primers to use Large pistol or large pistol magnum?[?][:)]
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  • BowHuntur777
    I read in an older reloading manual that you can substitute Comet for the polishing additive for media. Is that true and can someone tell me how much to use and how long to run the tumbler?
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  • haroldchrismeyer
    Large pistol
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  • BowHuntur777
    I told the clerk what I was loading and he said " got just what you need" and then gave me the large pistol magnum's. Thank you for your time and answer.[8D]
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  • 22WRF
    If you go to your loading manual/books it will tell you which primers for which load with each powder.

    Never take the advice of the guy behind the counter he doen't get to shoot the reloads

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  • richbug
    In the case of Winchester primers, WLP they are intended for both Magnum and non magnum usage.

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  • 1KYDSTR
    Hey! Just to confuse the issue more, I use Winchester Small Magnum Pistol primers in my 222 Remington and Hornet loads! Hard to argue with results, and my pocket reamer is set too low (set at factory and unchangeable) to clean the rifle pockets very well anyway. the extra little pop from the Mag primer seems to help my Hornet loads a tiny bit over the Chrony, and I had 5000 on hand so it seemed a good thing to try. As I said, it has worked beautifully!

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  • perry shooter
    Hello MAG primers are made with two things in mine #1 high presure this mandates a harder/stronger cup down side it needs a harder fireing pin hit #2 hotter flame no downside but changes vel. slightly and if you are on the hairy edge it could get you in trouble.What kind of 45 acp loads are you tring to load I have been loading 5 to 8 thousand a year for 40 years. "PRAISE THE HARDBALL GUN"
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  • BowHuntur777
    OK to answer some questions, I am loading 45 acp with 185 gr JHP, 5.0 gr of Bullseye powder. With Winchecter WLP primers that say "for magnum or standard. This is a mixture that I come up with out of my reloading books combined. If anyone has a better mixture i'm all ears. I don't need a big bad bullet that will go through anything, I just want something that goes bang SAFELY. The reason that I chose Bullseye is that I will also be loading 357, 38 sp,9mm out of the same powder. Thanks for all of your help.[8D][8D]
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  • perry shooter
    Hello not a bad choice for a load BUT you can go cheaper and some pistols have trouble feeding 185 gr.short nose. Lead bullets are way cheaper and easier on barrel and easier to clean barrel one of the best is "STAR" 200gr. bevel base . Bevel base makes for easy loading in all types of presses load to 1.240 OAL get a taper crimp die and just slightly crimp .001 smaller at the case mouth. as far as powder BULLS-EYE is great just a little dirty . adjust your load 2 ways if you have use of RANSOM REST start at somewhere about 3.7 and work up to 4.7 check at least 30 rounds at each load. If you mount a red dotslide mounted you will have to go toward the high end of 4.7 to get pistol to function. No ransom rest load toward low end put one round in mag and fire pistol if slide does not stay back load is to weak and you need to work up toward high end.You should be able to buy lead bullets for less then $4.00 a hundred. quote:"PRAISE THE HARD BALL GUN"
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  • Pinhead
    Everybody has their own loads and what works-works. I started target shooting with 4.0 grains of Bullseye and a 200 grain semi-wadcutter with a bevel base( used a 11# Wolf spring for this load). It worked fine but a friend who was shooting with me suggested I try W231 powder and it seemed to burn a little cleaner so I switched to the W231 powder and never went back to Bullseye. For target loads I used 4.4 grains of W231 with the above 200 grains bullet and a 11# Wolf spring. These are nice soft shooting loads and easy on the pistol and accurate in my pistol as well. My .45 like its load set at 1.260" AOL but perry shooter's length is the standard length. I also used a light taper crimp. My particular pistol did not like the 185 grain bullet--feeding failures being the problem. I might have worked this problem out but since the 200 grain shot so well, I didn't try. I used Federal Large Pistol primers with my loads and uniformed the primer pockets and reamed the flash hole as well. Also, I trimmed the cases to .894 the first time I loaded them and re-trimmed them again after 5 reloads. Being consistant in your loading really pays off. I shot a completely different load for Combat and IPSC but still used the W231 powder and 200 grains bullet. Hope this helps.
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