Well, I've got everything together and have loaded some .45 Auto-Rim with FFFg black powder. 20 grains/volume of powder will just fit under the properly seated bullet. I'm using the old Lee Challenger press that I used thirty years ago to load .45/70 for my Trapdoor.
I just fired one off my back porch; worked just fine!
Black Powder in .45 Auto-Rim for Webley
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Black Powder in .45 Auto-Rim for Webley
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Re: Black Powder in .45 Auto-Rim for Webley
Well, yeah, it'll work fine! Black powder has worked fine for hundreds of years.
Good on ya!
Good on ya!
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Re: Black Powder in .45 Auto-Rim for Webley
Last year, for Independence Day, I loaded up some .45 Colt and some .357 Mag cases with black powder and wax bullets for the grandkids.
Way more fun than normal folks should be allowed to have!
Way more fun than normal folks should be allowed to have!
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Re: Black Powder in .45 Auto-Rim for Webley
Well done!
Where's the Action Picture?
Was that out of the Mk1?
Where's the Action Picture?
Was that out of the Mk1?
If time, chance and random process can produce a platypus why not an ammo tree?
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Re: Black Powder in .45 Auto-Rim for Webley
I'll have to get Little Sister to take some pictures of me firing the Mk1. So far, I've only fired the one test shot but I've loaded sixty rounds of Auto-Rim, so I should be able to get some target-time soon. A lot of smoke and fire comes out of the old revolver with black powder!Flintlock Tom wrote:Well done!
Where's the Action Picture?
Was that out of the Mk1?
The load is 20 grains of FFFg measured with my adjustable powder-measure out of the old pistol flask, under the 200-grain bullets you sent me. I've also got dies for .44S&W Russian and I'm looking for a set for .38S&W on Ebay.
The old Lee loading press was put away 25 years ago and still looks new.
I have to thank you for kick-starting my reloading!
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Re: Black Powder in .45 Auto-Rim for Webley
Hey! I've got the loading dies for .38 S&W but I sold all the guns of that caliber. I'll send them to you.Dinochrome One wrote:... I've also got dies for .44S&W Russian and I'm looking for a set for .38S&W on Ebay.
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They're all packed away right now, but when we unload at the new place I'll ship them out.
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Re: Black Powder in .45 Auto-Rim for Webley
Okay! I just paid $30 for a box of Fiocchi .38 S&W and at the rate I use them, they will last for years. So, no rush.Flintlock Tom wrote:Hey! I've got the loading dies for .38 S&W but I sold all the guns of that caliber. I'll send them to you.Dinochrome One wrote:... I've also got dies for .44S&W Russian and I'm looking for a set for .38S&W on Ebay.
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They're all packed away right now, but when we unload at the new place I'll ship them out.
Thanks!
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Re: Black Powder in .45 Auto-Rim for Webley
Plenty of smoke, and I got all six in the box. Next time; an actual scored target at 25 yards.
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