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Old 05-10-2017, 02:17 PM
at_liberty at_liberty is offline
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Originally Posted by fredj338 View Post
Plated & coated bullets are really just soft lead bullets w/.well a coating or plating. So IMO, you load them as a lead bullet, which means you also want them 0.001" larger than jacketed. So if going plated, use 0.452" in your 45acp.
All the dies except RCBS Cowboy are calibrated to .451 standard. The minute you introduce a larger diameter bullet, reloading gets more complicated.
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