My first run of 5 45 colts turned out with 4 that worked and one I had to take apart, something with crimping on the lube groove while trying to seat the bullet. I tested them with my 460V and was very pleasantly surprised, seems I scrolled down to the high pressure loads for 45 colt using Accurate 7. It had a nice bark and the recoil was perfect for a range load, compared to my 686 it felt somewhere between a 38 special and 357 magnum.

After using the rest of the partial bottle of Accurate 7 on the high pressure colts I went and got a bottle of Tight Group and made a couple hundred low pressure loads for the Governor, they are just slightly stronger than the Freedom 45's I have been shooting.

Ain't shootin' you own bullets grand? And a little scary?
Welcome to your new way to spend money.

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Reg. Magnum wants/Rossi wallet

Congratulations. You just found a new hobby.

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"He was kinda funny lookin'"

Fix it for you. Congrats.

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Pew pew in my shoe

The hook has been set! Enjoy.

Looks like I only have a couple hundred rounds I can make this weekend before I run out of the part that makes holes in the paper. I got my 100 free Hornaday bullets to load in 45 ACP's, and 100 left of my ACME 255's for the 45 Colts.

I am amazed just how fast it can be to reload on a single stage press.

I started in 1984 reloading pistol ammo and then added rifle ammo and now I have a whole bedroom in my house dedicated to reloading. I just finished reloading two hundred 223 55 grain Nosler Ballistic tip ammo about 20 minutes ago.

Congratulations , nothing like being the master of your own ammo supply, the crafter of custom tailored ammunition made just for your personal needs and use.
It's a nice hobby ...and keep telling the wife, " Look at all the money I'm saving !" while buying more reloading goodies !

Gary

The bad thing is that if I make loads easy for her to shoot in her 38sp, then she will start shooting it the same as her 22's. A rate of about 200 rounds per hour. No saving money there.

There is no "saving money" , that's a big fat "fake news item" we keep spreading to cover the excuse for all the money spent on equipment, powder, primers.....this list can go on forever .
Wait until you start casting bullets....then you can really start "saving money".
I bought my first reloading tool in 1967, $9.99 Lee Loader to "save money" , at that time I thought that was everything needed, WRONG ! ....I've been buying stuff ever since, after nearly 50 years I should have everything...but just last year alone I spent $300.00 on bullet moulds , bullet sizing dies and top punches and I bought my first mould in 1968 ...Saving money , not really , shooting a lot more and having an enjoyable hobby ...YES.
Wife shooting more...perfect excuse to upgrade to that Dillion progressive set up.....lots of production, just for her, Yeah that's the ticket !
Gary

Welcome to the wonderful, often confusing and frustrating world of reloading. Careful about "proper nomenclature" as the vocabulary bullies will remind you that bullets are the things that come out the end of yer barrel and you reload cartridges...

"Saving money" is what you tell your wife when you spend $100 on powder...

Im relieved that Im not the only one whose bedroom is filled with reloading stuff.
Whew
Jim