markwilliston

What are they?

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Superdude, thanks that was pretty interesting comments. Re the nosedive, different bullets do act differently. I put probably 2500 lswc bullets through my gun with the same 10 round CMC mags. No nosedive probs, but the Lswc has the same ogival radius as the round nose. Another wise birdy that I shoot with that used to shoot .45 alot suggested tweaking the mag springs ever so slightly to it is shapped sorta like a banana. This makes the follower sit at a steeper angle, and the bullet is more likely to go up the ramp then dive. Lets see what I get for reliability with it after a bunch of rounds have gone through the gun :-) Para, ya I downloaded to practice loads to start with and that is what I tested. I'll set things up for match ammo once everything is more stable. This last year being my first year, I never ever caught up on reloading. At 10pm the night before our provincial championships I was loading.... when I should have been sleeping. Not this year :-) I really do enjoy the amount of experience available on this forum.

Just tried it out today with the bullets set at 1.225 and it worked great! Now my 550 can go into overdrive while the weather outside it crummy.

Does everybody else get a dirty right arm from .45 shooting? I use titegroup and I always end up with a dirty arm after practice. Do all the other powders do that as well?

Thanks guys, I posted in the 45 caliber section of reloading about having a fail to feed problem with Montana Gold bullets. I had them really short at 1.195 I have run them out to 1.22 and see how that works. I am gonna back down to practice load and work it back up once I get it feeding properly.

I'm shooting 45, and I have a load that I know gives me 175pf with 200gr bullet. If I change the seated depth of the bullet, and make the OAL longer. What's gonna happen?

I guess I was lucky with Ebay. I stuck with larger batches, and tried to stay with one headstamp. I did have one order show up that was supposed to be nickel, and it wasn't. I emailed the seller, and he sent what I had ordered. On a lighter note, don't bid on more than you are willing to end up with. I now have gallons of .45 brass

I have been using Ebay, and not had any problems.

The OAL I was using for them is 1.195 which appears to be on the short side. The Chip McCormick mags have the bullets in the magazine at a shallower angle than the 8 round mag that came with the gun from STI. The gunsmith is Joe Dlask, and we put one of his mag catches which I think he said was .020 taller or something like that. When I took it to his shop, I brought along all my magazines and some primerless rounds. Sure enough he showed me that I had two magazines with a lot more play than the others. I will number them and see how it goes from there.

Hey everyone, I'm shooting IPSC with an STI trojan 5.0 in .45ACP been having problems with failure to feed with both 185JHP and 200JFN from Montana Gold. Using Chip McCormick 10 round powermags, more often than I care for the first round dives instead of climbing the ramp. Gunsmith suggested that I had the bullets seated to deep. Anybody else have problems? Or suggestions for an OAL that'll work with these bullets? Mark