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I would like to thank everyone for thier input to this, Yes I KNOW most of us here view this discussion as something very ignorant and stupid and a waste of our time. But it was a serious question in a discussion about mythbuster's type stuff and I did not know the answer and I figured this would be the best place to get intelligent answers. So thanks again

Well I guess thats my answer it will blow up. Are you certain of this?? I kinda thought that it may very well blow up but also is there any chance that the bullet would discharge from the case and only go a small distance??

OK I realize that this could be a stupid question but I work with some very interesting people. So here it goes. What would happen if you placed a live round in a vice and discharged the bullet. would the round be dicharged with any significant velocity. No I have not nor will I try this myself. Thanks Mike

Just to answer some of the comments. I am using ONE SHOT in the media to polish the cases and the Dillon case lube to make the bullets. Ihave since used these bullets to shoot and sis not have any apparent problems. I have not cleaned my gun yet so I can't comment if there seems to be any more junk to clean. And after making the rounds there doesn't seem to be any noticable residue on the cases. So thanks for all your help Mike

Morning, Just wondering as I just started using case lube which I spray in a plastic bag then add cases and shake. It really helps to smooth the process. My question is do I have to wipe them down before I shoot them. this is for a 45 Thanks Mike

Morning, Just wondering as I just started using case lube which I spray in a plastic bag then add cases and shake. It really helps to smooth the process. My question is do I have to wipe them down before I shoot them. this is for a 45 Thanks Mike

Good Morning, I have been shooting for about a year now and most of my shooting has been at IDPA and a 50 foot range I joined. My question since my gun has been sighted in at 50 feet what distance could I expect my gun to maintain it's accuracy. I am shooting a Commander 45. I realize that the hotter the ammo the longer the distance would be and I also realize that without specific numbers it's hard to give a answer but lets asume that a velocity of around 825-850 as a number as this would be my IDPA LOAD. Thanks mike

Yes there is no doubt that things react differently with all the stations filled. I guess it's just the nature of the beast during the setup. I have also noticed that the charge weight goes up after the initial setup. It's just a bit of a pain when your doing small lots of different loads.

Good Morning, Well I have been using my 550b for about 3 months now and I have made some obsevations and would like to hear your thoughts. When I start a reloading session as I am still in the load devolpement stage I pick my bullet and charge and after I get my charge correct I move on to the bullett OAL. Now I raise the seater as to not overseating the bullett and continue to lower the die until I get my desired OAL. Once this is complete I'm ready to start reloading. Now the problem, it seems that after a few round have been loaded the OAL starts to creep up from lets say 1.244 to 1.250 then I have to adjust the OAL again which doesn't make any sence to me why this happens. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Mike

Good morning, I just got my shipment of Hornady bullets today. 1) 185 gr swc target encpsulated 2) 200 gr FMJ-CT 3) 230 GR FMJ-FP Just wondering if anyone has any load info on these. I am using VV 310, VV 320, WST I have the manuals for each powder but was just looking for some proven loads. In the WST listing it states 200 gr FPj which is not the same as mine except weight but I guess the load would be the same??? The 185 says JHP MINE again is the same weight but different style??? Thanks in advance

What your saying is correct if the powder thrower is the culprit which it may have been, but I think that I did it in the process of checking everything aol,crimp different bullets etc. I hung the squibb where I can see it and wrote CHECH POWDER on the front of the press just to remind me. I have a hard time just running out 100 rounds without doing some kind of check, aol, crimp, grains whatever.

Well last night I got my first squibb. I have just got my press about a month ago and I am in the process of finding the load I like the best for IDPA. As a result I am building many different loads in small amounts for my testing. I have mounted a mirror on my press to avoid and empty powder throws but one got thru. I just joined a pistol club last night and had to go thru a series of question and drills to prove my abilty. Everything went fine then I was let go to start shooting, As I found out there are many seasoned veterans there who were all watching me out of the corner of thier eyes. About 5 mags later is when I got the squibb now I believe it was the last round of a mag and I sort of remember thinking something wierd happened but I didn't see anything amiss. I loaded the next mag and the round would not chamber then another round same problem, so I load another mag with different bullets and the same thing what the hell is going on here. So as I am looking at my gun one of the vets come over to take a look and there it is. A 230 JRN stuck in the chamber just far enough to prevent a bullett from chambering. I was real lucky that the bullett didn't go in another 1/8 of an inch or I would have had a real problem. The guy told me that if that stuck round would have been a SWC that it probably would have traveled further in the gun and I would have been able to chamber another round and BANG. What a way to meet new friend's huh blowing up my gun and who knows what else. Wow was I lucky I guess to end this story you can't be to slow or carefull which I thought I was. Thanks Mike

oops just found it...... Anyway does anyone use the Redding competition seating die if not which one????

I have been reading the posts and it seems that everyone loves the redding micro seating die but I can't seem to find if it comes in a 45 acp. I hate the Dillon seating die adjustment and want to replace it with a better adjusting die. Does anyone use a micro adjust in the 45 if so which one?? Thanks in Advance Mike

thanks for the advice.........

Man I thought I was putting out some usefull info. You make me feel like such an rookie. Are you saying that I should be cleaning the barrall in between groups. The crimp was .469 the target was 10" at 30 feet. The brass was mixed. I also kinda feel that I was wasting my time??????? I know (I think) your only giving constructive ctitisem but this is a work in progress and will get better in time but for what I am doing I feel I am making progress.

Yes perhaps they are. But it seems that the only piece missing is the chrony report. I believe that anyone who has done enough research will be able to get a good feel as to what loads will produce what results ( granted in the ball park). I also did not use a bench rest as I believe that there is a benifit in doing test's as close to real as possiable, ie IDPA. Don't get me wroung if I had a chrony and a bench rest setup I would have used them but as of right now I don't. And lets keep in mind that I am not trying to sell or endorse anything just showing my results in my little test. I believe that the information that is displayed here is only something to be used as a guide for anyone else. Having said that I defintaly saw and felt difference's in certain loads and the info is most defiently based on feel and my way of handling the gun as your's may be different, producing better or worse results. Thanks for your thoughts

Below is my chart of rounds fired trying to find a good bullet for my gun. I have a Custum Commander from EGW with 18 lb spring, KART NM BARRALL, Caspian frame, Oversized fireing pin stop. There are no velocty's as I don't have a chrono. I am trying to find best load for IDPA. The R2 stands for my second round of shooting in which I changed to a full length EGW U DIE and had a new spring installed as the old one was maybe to short and had .005 taken of the spring rod stop. I would like to thank everyone for thier posts about different loads your input was a major help. I know post is a little hard to read I will try to post spread sheet later if asked Thanks Mike BULLET MFG - TYPE - WEIGHT - POWDER - CHARGE - AOL - SCORE - SHOTS 1 MONTANA R2-- SWC-- 200-- WST-- 4.7-- 1.245-- 128-- 14 2 PRECISION MOLLY-- SWC-- 200-- VV320-- 5-- 1.25-- 91-- 10 3 MONTANA LRN-- 230-- WST-- 4.28-- 1.25-- 71-- 8-- 4 MONTANA R2-- SWC LBT-- 200-- VV 310-- 4.7-- 1.25-- 102-- 13 5 PRECISION DELTA-- JRN-- 230-- VV320-- 5-- 1.25-- 90-- 12 6 PRECISION MOLLY-- SWC-- 200-- VV320-- 5-- 1.25-- 90-- 12 7 MONTANA R2-- LRN-- 230-- VV320-- 4.6-- 1.25-- 104-- 14 8 MONTANA R2-- SWC LBT-- 200-- VV310-- 4.7-- 1.25-- 78-- 11 9 MONTANA-- SWC LBT-- 200-- WST-- 4.5-- 1.25-- 85-- 12 10 PRECISION MOLLY-- LRN-- 230-- VV320-- 4.8-- 1.25-- 84-- 12 11 MONTANA R2-- SWC LBT-- 200-- WST-- 4.75-- 1.25-- 97-- 14 12 BETTER-- SWC-- 200-- WST-- 4.5-- 1.25-- 76-- 11-- 13 PRECISION MOLLY-- SWC-- 200-- WST-- 4.5-- 1.25-- 80-- 12 14 BETTER-- SWC-- 200-- VV310 5-- 1.25-- 77-- 12-- 15 MONTANA R2-- SWC 2R-- 200-- WST-- 4.72-- 1.225-- 57-- 9 16 BETTER-- SWC-- 200-- VV310 4.5-- 1.25-- 76-- 12-- 17 MONTANA-- SWC-- 200-- WST-- 4.5-- 1.25-- 82-- 13 18 MONTANA R2-- SWC-- 200-- VV310-- 4.7-- 1.25-- 86-- 14 19 MONTANA R2-- SWC LBT-- 200-- VV320-- 5-- 1.252-- 89-- 15 20 BETTER-- SWC-- 200-- VV320-- 5-- 1.25-- 69-- 13 -- AVG SCORE----- NOTES 1-- 9.14 -- 4 SHOOTS @ 50 FT 34 PTS (8.5) NICE RECOIL 2 -- 9.10 -- 2 JAMS NICE RECOIL (3&4 SAME) 3-- 8.88 -- LITTLE SNAPPY NOT BAD 4-- 7.85 -- REAL GOOD FEEL 1 MAG LOCK BACK 5-- 7.50 -- SNAPPY 6-- 7.50 -- 2 JAMS NICE RECOIL (3&4 SAME) 7-- 7.43 -- REAL GOOD FEEL 1 MAG LOCK BACK 8-- 7.09-- LITTLE SNAPPY NOT BAD 9-- 7.08-- NICE FEEL 10-- 7.00-- 11-- 6.93-- REAL GOOD FEEL 12-- 6.91-- NICE FEEL 1 JAM 13-- 6.67-- NICE FEEL 14-- 6.42-- NICE FEEL 15-- 6.33-- NICE FEEL 16-- 6.33-- REAL SNAPPY 17-- 6.31-- NICE FEEL 18-- 6.14-- PRETTY SNAPPY 1ST LOAD TO SHOOT 19-- 5.93-- NICE FEEL 20-- 5.31-- 1 MISS FIRE MORE KICK

Well I went to EGW on friday and showed my gun to George and he changed my spring to a 18lb and a little longer and also reground my spring guide stop .004 off. I also got his undersize die. I went home and loaded another round of test rounds. I basicly loaded everything the same way and this time not one failuer of about 100 rounds. Most of the rounds were the 200 swc with most loads about 3/4 hot. This time I even had a couple last rounds that locked the chamber back. So things are looking better. I must say that the full length resize did not really make the reloading process any harder but it did make the cases a little longer but they all feed fine. I will be giving a full report on my findings. Thanks for your input

Larry, Thanks for the info perhaps I should do more reloading before I go getting new parts. Your thoughts make sence about the low presure. Its just that I never had any feeding problems befor and I thought I was taking my time ( 500 loads an hour not me) I really don't know how a bulged case made it thru but it did I just want to use what tool or die I need to, to keep the erros out. Thanks

Well my testing is not done but the precision moly 200swc with 4.5 vv320 was in the lead. The jams were 4 apeared to have diamater issues and one was AOL problem. It appears that the issue here is sizing as to my question EGW, FCD or cut down the Dillon die or any of the above. I had a gauge built but as stated in post it does not taper, Do the other gauges use a taper or are they straight with what dimmensions? I don't mind spending the money to get it right I just don't like spinning my wheels if someone else has allready been there done that. Thanks

I posted this in the beginners by mistake also.............................. Well first off I would like to thank everyone for taking the time to answer so many questions on this forum. The information here is priceless. So on to my question: I just got my 550 about 2 weeks ago and after reading allmost every post about everything I purchased 3 different powders, VV310,320 and WST. I also got 5 different bullets Precision molly's, Precission Delta, Better bullets, Montana Bullet works and Penn Bullets ( they have not arrived yet). I loaded about 14 bullets of each bullet in different powders. 12 loads in all (RESULTS IN ANOTHER POST) My gun is a EGW commander 45 from George ( what a piece of art) Before I started to reload I got about 10 different types of bullets to see what shot best in my gun and I also got 500 rounds of 185 Berrys 185 JRN from a reloader. Now all during my testing my gun didn't have one jam it ate everything (IDPA SHOOTING). So now back to my reloads during my 12 load test in which all were either light loads or in the middle. I had about 5 total jams which brings me to my post heading. I spec my loads to .469 crimp and 1.248 AOL, of course there were some variation but all within .002 I THOUGHT. So I had a machinest friend of mine make a gauge 1.250 by .480 the only problem is there is no taper in it. Now after reading all the info on the Lee FCD and the EGW U die or cutting the Dillon die I can't decide what to do or which die to by or which gauge to get or make. Like everyone else I would like to have a smooth press but more importantly have good loads. Sorry for the ramble but there are so many questions along the way. Thanks Mike

I believe 4 of the jams were from O/D problems and 1 from AOL problem. Whats the difference between EGW U die and the FCD. Does the EGW die crimp?? Thanks Mike

Well first off I would like to thank everyone for taking the time to answer so many questions on this forum. The information here is priceless. So on to my question: I just got my 550 about 2 weeks ago and after reading allmost every post about everything I purchased 3 different powders, VV310,320 and WST. I also got 5 different bullets Precision molly's, Precission Delta, Better bullets, Montana Bullet works and Penn Bullets ( they have not arrived yet). I loaded about 14 bullets of each bullet in different powders. 12 loads in all (RESULTS IN ANOTHER POST) My gun is a EGW commander 45 from George ( what a piece of art) Before I started to reload I got about 10 different types of bullets to see what shot best in my gun and I also got 500 rounds of 185 Berrys 185 JRN from a reloader. Now all during my testing my gun didn't have one jam it ate everything (IDPA SHOOTING). So now back to my reloads during my 12 load test in which all were either light loads or in the middle. I had about 5 total jams which brings me to my post heading. I spec my loads to .469 crimp and 1.248 AOL, of course there were some variation but all within .002 I THOUGHT. So I had a machinest friend of mine make a gauge 1.250 by .480 the only problem is there is no taper in it. Now after reading all the info on the Lee FCD and the EGW U die or cutting the Dillon die I can't decide what to do or which die to by or which gauge to get or make. Like everyone else I would like to have a smooth press but more importantly have good loads. Sorry for the ramble but there are so many questions along the way. Thanks Mike