***Aggravation Warning***Reloading With Hornady Brass
Posted: 28 Feb 2017 11:26
Apparently Hornady brass used with Leverevoluion factory ammo uses a shorter case than SAMMI specs...
I purchased a mixed bag of 150 rounds of once fired .45 Colt brass from a friend...in the bag were 20 nickel Hornady cases.
Long story short...when I started reloading, the Hornady cases would not bell when charged and would not allow the bullet to start to be seated at the next station. My first thought was my powder measure on the Dillon was acting up, but I found nothing out of wack so I proceeded. All went well until the next Hornady case, same thing, no bell...again powder measure checked out OK...hhmmmmm...
Then I thought..."this is like a .38 case getting mixed in with a .357 case"...when I visually compared the Hornady cases to the other cases they were shorter...when measured they were 1.2205 where SAMMI specs for the 45 Colt is 1.2850...I thought maybe someone had for some reason trimmed them shorter, but a search on the interwebs revealed this is the factory case length for .45 Colt loaded Leverevolution ammo. Apparently the shorter case is needed to crimp the long polymer tipped bullet for correct OAL if used in a revolver (according to the internet)...I have many Hornady .45 Colt cases bought in the 100 packs and they all measure out to the proper length.
Not my pic...you can see the difference in length of the middle four loads...
From what I've read on other posts on the net, .357, .44 mag and even 45/70 (?) Leverevolution ammo also use shorter cases.
All in all...it's just an aggravation thing that breaks up your rhythm and flow and interrupts your reloading ZEN
Anyone else ever run into this?
I purchased a mixed bag of 150 rounds of once fired .45 Colt brass from a friend...in the bag were 20 nickel Hornady cases.
Long story short...when I started reloading, the Hornady cases would not bell when charged and would not allow the bullet to start to be seated at the next station. My first thought was my powder measure on the Dillon was acting up, but I found nothing out of wack so I proceeded. All went well until the next Hornady case, same thing, no bell...again powder measure checked out OK...hhmmmmm...
Then I thought..."this is like a .38 case getting mixed in with a .357 case"...when I visually compared the Hornady cases to the other cases they were shorter...when measured they were 1.2205 where SAMMI specs for the 45 Colt is 1.2850...I thought maybe someone had for some reason trimmed them shorter, but a search on the interwebs revealed this is the factory case length for .45 Colt loaded Leverevolution ammo. Apparently the shorter case is needed to crimp the long polymer tipped bullet for correct OAL if used in a revolver (according to the internet)...I have many Hornady .45 Colt cases bought in the 100 packs and they all measure out to the proper length.
Not my pic...you can see the difference in length of the middle four loads...
From what I've read on other posts on the net, .357, .44 mag and even 45/70 (?) Leverevolution ammo also use shorter cases.
All in all...it's just an aggravation thing that breaks up your rhythm and flow and interrupts your reloading ZEN
Anyone else ever run into this?