DWalt
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Just like .45 ACP cases with small primer pockets, I would never throw anything reloadable away, especially .45 Colt brass. Too hard to find it in .45 Colt.
I had the same experience with some .44M brass. Larry
Me too. It seems their FTX ammo is all short brass for whatever reason. It made some good 44 Special brass after trimming.
To the OP: The biggest difference I expect you’ll find is that you’ll need to readjust your crimping die.
I already explained why in Post #12. The longer tip of the FTX bullet needs the additional space to stay within the standard OAL of the cartridge being loaded.
I discovered the short cases when I was given some Hornaday .357 Magnum cases a guy was shooting at the range. I threw them away and do not buy any more Hornaday ammo.
If you reload, you have to be familiar with the FTX bullet, and with Hornady's reloading recommendations. The FTX is a pointed jacketed bullet with a plastic tip. Think of a JHP with a pointed plastic tip, which makes the bullet longer. It's designed mainly for tubular magazine guns, to protect the primers of the cartridge in front of the bullet. To keep the OAL within SAAMI spec, the case has to be shorter. This creates less internal volume, so a powder load in such a case will create higher pressure than in a standard length case. Hornady is specific in their load data NOT to change the recommended OAL of these bullets, or to use different powder data when loading them. Hornady makes the FTX bullet in several calibers, and all those use shortened cases when loading with it.Not really true. If you read the OP you will see the ammo is using a Hornady FTX bullet. All the ammo from Hornady that uses the FTX bullet has a slightly shortened case so that the longer bullet due to the tip will not exceed the suggested OAL of the cartridge they are loading. If not it could stick out past the end of the cylinder and lock up the revolver. Even the 45-70 ammo has a shortened case.
Loading the cartridge deeper into the standard length case would change the pressures when using standard bullet load data, because the deep-seated bullet will decrease the internal capacity of the case.I’ve heard that, but why wouldn’t they simply seat the bullet deeper. I guess the ogive would go into the case mouth?
Just like .45 ACP cases with small primer pockets, I would never throw anything reloadable away, especially .45 Colt brass. Too hard to find it in .45 Colt.
Just like .45 ACP cases with small primer pockets, I would never throw anything reloadable away, especially .45 Colt brass. Too hard to find it in .45 Colt.
Save them for a rainy day. Set them aside and eventually you will have your 100. Then you can do like others have suggested and make the adjustments to load them at the end of your run.For some maybe, but when I'm loading a run of 1000+ rds. of .45 Colt, 20 short cases is too much of a pain in the butt to worry about trying to save. If I had a hundred of them, it might be a different story,...maybe.
A shorter case would have no bearing on this.Loading the cartridge deeper into the standard length case would change the pressures when using standard bullet load data, because the deep-seated bullet will decrease the internal capacity of the case.
A shorter case would have no bearing on this.