45 LC

[elmontemike]

I made a mistake loading up some 45 Colt rounds. I had my scale set at 3.4gr when I should have had it set at 4.4gr. The minimum load is said to be 4.2gr. I am using Hodgdon clay. Should I pull these bullets and dump the powder and reload them or do you think it be safe to shoot them. 3.4gr is .8 grains below the minimum recommended load. what do you guys think? I'm glad I caught it after 50 rounds. I'm new to reloading so I'm asking the experts.

['ol shooter]

Yeah, pull 'em. It's only 50 rounds.

[zapatito92]

im no expert but , probably better to just redo them, you don't want to cause any problems and will more than likely have FTE on those rounds

[pacrat]

I made a mistake loading up some 45 Colt rounds. I had my scale set at 3.4gr when I should have had it set at 4.4gr. The minimum load is said to be 4.2gr. I am using Hodgdon clay. Should I pull these bullets and dump the powder and reload them or do you think it be safe to shoot them. 3.4gr is .8 grains below the minimum recommended load. what do you guys think? I'm glad I caught it after 50 rounds. I'm new to reloading so I'm asking the experts.

There should be plenty of pressure to send the bullets downrange. So there's not a squib danger. That makes it a personal preferrence issue. Bunnyfart powderpuff plinking loads. Or hassle the redo for 50 rounds.

Personally, I'd shoot em as is.


JM2c

[sghart]

Shoot 'em, you'll be fine.

[sghart]

im no expert but , probably better to just redo them, you don't want to cause any problems and will more than likely have FTE on those rounds

I don't think a "failure to eject" is very common on 45 Colt rounds.

[Dynamic]

im no expert but , probably better to just redo them, you don't want to cause any problems and will more than likely have FTE on those rounds

More than likely he is shooting these out of a SAA type revolver or lever gun , no FTE...But real question

Can it cause a squib ? I doubt it.

['ol shooter]

Not a squib issue, but a waste of components for the few minutes work of breaking them down. More like, poof---tink.

[357magnum]

I would say shoot a couple of them and see how they perform.
Shoot one at a time, and make sure they exit the barrel and hit your target.
If they shoot fine go with it, if not pull them and start over.

[JagerDog]

There should be plenty of pressure to send the bullets downrange. So there's not a squib danger. That makes it a personal preferrence issue. Bunnyfart powderpuff plinking loads. Or hassle the redo for 50 rounds.

Personally, I'd shoot em as is.


JM2c

^^^^this.

[CSACANNONEER]

As a reloading instructor, I'll say to always follow published load data and don't go below minimum listed loads. So, pull them.

As an experienced, lazy azz reloader, I wouldn't have any issue breaking them down using my trigger finger. But, I'd have to recast the bullets, re-lubesize them, tumble, resize and reprime the brass it before I loaded them again.

[Eljay]

Minimums are not so much the lowest that will avoid trouble as the lowest they tested. I've noticed cowboy action shooters loads where you just look at it and think... really? Does the gun even move?

[Unretarded]

I would be more concerned in a rifle...........

[opos]

I'd pull them and re do them...why? sort of like speeding all the time...until I get a ticket I'm not going to pay attention..I've had a couple of times in a number of years of reloading when I was "usure"...I pulled things down and sort of "taught myself " a lesson...If you made a mistake or didn't read the scale or didn't check close enough...maybe you need to "teach yourself a lesson"..won't take long and you might remember the hour you spent for times in the future...my 2 cents.

[robert101]

I would shoot them if done in a single action handgun. Then, reload the components to at least the minimum load data. But then again, I will on purpose reload below stated minimum charge for various reasons so this is not too far fetched for me. I have not heard of Hodgdon Clay being a powder that is sensitive to lower charges unlike Blue Dot.