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<blockquote data-quote="adamsredlines" data-source="post: 3460958" data-attributes="member: 40561"><p>Alrighty kiddos, I acquired a decent lot of reloading stuff a few years ago and in it was some molds for .45 cal rifle stuff and a few sizing dies.</p><p>My understanding is rifle .45 is .458.</p><p>The molds are .457, .459 and .460 and the sizing dies are .457 and .460</p><p> I know the "right answer" is to slug my barrel...but ya dont slug it for factory off the shelf stuff so whats the rule of thumb here?</p><p></p><p>My thought is .457 would possibly lead the barrel and that maybe the .458 I see is for jacketed stuff, and lead stuff will be a tad bigger so maybe .460?</p><p></p><p>Lastly, there were a few tubs of bullets that were already cast. Would you send them through the sizer and run it...or do those go to scrap to get melted down?</p><p></p><p>He had 3 different Lee molds and 3 different Lyman molds in this lot too so there's some variety here.</p><p>The only thing I have to shoot this through is a Browning 1886...so I'd rather not mess that thing up.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]180633[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="adamsredlines, post: 3460958, member: 40561"] Alrighty kiddos, I acquired a decent lot of reloading stuff a few years ago and in it was some molds for .45 cal rifle stuff and a few sizing dies. My understanding is rifle .45 is .458. The molds are .457, .459 and .460 and the sizing dies are .457 and .460 I know the "right answer" is to slug my barrel...but ya dont slug it for factory off the shelf stuff so whats the rule of thumb here? My thought is .457 would possibly lead the barrel and that maybe the .458 I see is for jacketed stuff, and lead stuff will be a tad bigger so maybe .460? Lastly, there were a few tubs of bullets that were already cast. Would you send them through the sizer and run it...or do those go to scrap to get melted down? He had 3 different Lee molds and 3 different Lyman molds in this lot too so there's some variety here. The only thing I have to shoot this through is a Browning 1886...so I'd rather not mess that thing up. [ATTACH=full]180633[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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