Lead bullets - weight question...

[orangeusa]

I bought some lead bullets and they are marked 185 gn.

But with excessive lube - measure closer to 200 gn. This is for Ruger (semi-hot) 45Colt loads.

Which weight would you use? And yes I still use recipes from powder mfgs.

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[orangeusa]

No loaders up at 2300 ?

[stilly]

Wow. that is some heavy lube... Melt it off and make them PC...

If I were loading for .45 LC then I would go to the BoLee...

I would also load it with a 160gr boolit. They seem to be quite fun lately. 6.5gr of HP-38 or 6.0gr of TG to start and an OAL of: 1.480 IIRC.

[orangeusa]

I have shot a few (2k) of my own various loads using mostly the same bullets - 255 gn with different powders.

This one issue came up today with some bullets I bought.

What the **** is bolee?

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[pacrat]

IMO

Go with the "actual" weight of the bullets loaded. Not the weight on the box.

That is a 7.5% increase in bullet weight. Which may be enough to push your (semi-hot) Ruger loads up to the (too damn hot) level.

Anytime I change components, I drop back a bit and work up again.

JM2c

[Cheep]

What the **** is bolee?

It is "Book of Lee", Lee's reloading manual.

[drdarrin@sbcglobal.net]

I'd use the actual weight and work up from there. Ruger SA revolvers are tough but no sense pushing your luck.

[jericho89]

Go with actual weight. Just because their mold was for one weight that does not account for the mixture of lead used.

[orangeusa]

Wow, I am a follower of bolee....

I think Ill load like they are 185's and make a few test loads at 200 - normal pressures and fiire in the Ruger. Dont want to overpressure my sweet Uberti.

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