.45 auto rim direction needed

[Baltimoreed11754]

I prime handgun ammo on my presses, the fastest way, a Dillon 550 and a Lyman Tmag. I used the lee Autoprime to prime rifle brass for yrs until my thumbs couldn’t stand it any longer so I bought a used rcbs bench primer. A great priming tool.

 

[shil]

I shoot .45 ACP in my M1917 and pre-Model 25 without moon clips. I use a pencil to push the empty cases out of the cylinder.

Years ago, I used my Model 25 in some PPC-style matches at a club to which I belonged. Revolvers shoot against other revolver-shooters. No speedloaders permitted. Start with a loaded revolver on the table in front of you. On signal; pick up, fire the cylinder load, reload, fire your second cylinder load, put the gun down and step back. Apparently there were some gripes that the three-round clips constituted a speedloader. The powers initially ruled that the clips were vital to the gun's function. Compromise reached: Start with clips, eject, load next string singly. After firing, plenty of time to poke out the cases. Those matches were fun.

 

[gwpercle]

Lee Hand Press + Lee Ram Prime = realy good way to prime cases ... Try It .
Gary

 

[biku324]

I wanted to ease away from moon clips on my .45 revolvers so I just received 500 new StarLine brass. For some reason I “assumed” my.45 acp shell holder would work! I’ve got a Lee .45 AR coming this weekend. I figured I’d prep the brass, push in primers and hit the ground running when the shell holder got here…nope. I load single stage with rcbs tooling and universal hand held priming tool doesn’t do auto rim. What do I need?
Thanks…Tom

I bought 2 RCBS Auto Rim shell holders - one for the press, one for my RCBS hand priming tool. I figure the extra $6 was worth it.