Roll vs Taper

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 4:22 pm

Hakaman wrote:
I've used Lee dies for years. I've got no complaints about them, they do the job well.
I just received a set of Lee 45LC dies in the mail from Midway USA today. It's amazing how fast they ship things out to you.
Anybody have any "favorite loads" with a 255gr bullet and W231 powder ?
Haka

Haka, here is a website with all kinds of different loads. http://www.handloads.org/loaddata/default.asp

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 5:17 pm

Thanks OM, just what I was looking for !!!
Cowboy Haka

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 5:23 pm

Hakaman wrote:Thanks OM, just what I was looking for !!!
Cowboy Haka

You are more than welcome Haka. W231 should be a good powder as it is damn close to the burn rate of Green Dot and I used a lot of that in my shotgunning days. It was good for 12. 20 and 28 gage and works well in .38 Special and .45ACP also.

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:35 am

I loaded up some 45LC's for the first time, and they turned out great! Used the roll crimp on the Lee dies. It is a cool looking round.
Haka

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:39 am

Hakaman wrote:I loaded up some 45LC's for the first time, and they turned out great! Used the roll crimp on the Lee dies. It is a cool looking round.
Haka

I use the Lee, 4 die sets for both .38/.357 and .45ACP. never had a problem. Well, one time did not crimp some and tossed them into the ammo box, we did have a problem then.