Quirks of Lymans 452664 for the 45 colt

by Sarge , Central Misery, Friday, October 23, 2015, 20:09 (3322 days ago) @ uncowboy

I finally threw a mic on these bullets today... froghair over 0.450" is all they read. I don't cast, bought them from a commercial caster.

Given the EAA's generous throats, they were practically rattling out the cylinder and into the bore however they landed.

I was shooting horrible groups offhand with it, so I fired a rested group at 25 yards. If you told me any bullet shot this bad from a passably accurate revolver, I'd have laughed at you.

I also grabbed a handful of 45 Colts loaded with MO Bullet's 225 grain 'Flathead' over 7.1 grains of HP38. These bullets mic'ed .453 and shot up to the revolver's potential, despite the round I tossed right.

These bullets were simply duds. I've only had two bad batches in 40 years of reloading, so I count myself lucky.