I have a couple pounds of Blue Dot sitting in my basement and was wanting to do some.223 reloading with it. Lyman 49 has load data for two different 55 grain cast bullets using Red Dot, 700X, Green Dot, Unique, AA 9, and several other powders. That fast a powder cannot maintain adiquate bore pressure for the full length of a rifle barrel to keep a jacketed bullet moving at low velocity. Castboolits Gunloads Forum Full Length Of I wouldnt try it with jacketed bullets, as sticking one in the bore is a very real possibility. Castboolits Gunloads Forum Full Length Of.Kind of a 'You pays your money and makes your choice' type of thing. It also can be satisfying 'rolling your own'. Loading information comes with them and they DO work well. Since I don't need many shotshells in my revolvers (I use just a few every year) I go the capsule route. If you want to work a bit more, then the appropriate extended cases will work well. 45 ACP/.45 Colt cases with excellent results. So, for minimum work and a little money just use shot capsules in. They worked OK (at that time there were NO shot capsules in ANY caliber). Years ago, I used 30'06 rifle cases cut off to the proper length for. You just have to balance the cost of the cases against capsule cost. 444) that extends to the cylinder mouth, you can do the same, essentially, as the shot capsule. Using a case length (as illustrated above with a. Since the shot capsules extend way beyond the cartridge case, you get far more shot in them than just using the standard. I would not recommend these for a 44 Mag chamber. The case will fire form to the 44 Special chamber and throat so after the first shot, they fit much better and don't require sizing at all. Here's a 44 Special next to one of my 'bottle neck' 44 Mag cases. That means it will shoot about 6' low when aiming directly at the target. Recoil is very light so the muzzle doesn't rise much. These loads would take out a rat or snake at at least 15 feet. I coated the top of the wad with Testor's model airplane glue and let it harden. I loaded # 7 1/2 shot to just short of the case mouth then place another cardboard wad on top of the shot. To make the wads, I sharpened the case mouth on a 44 Mag case and used it like a cookie cutter on the back cardboard of a tablet. I used 6 gr of Unique with a cardboard over powder wad. This makes the case diameter just right for 44 Special chambers and throats yet extends the length enough where you have room to load a nice shot charge. I started by sizing 44 Mag brass with the normal sizing die then necked down the top with a 40 S&W sizing die. I loaded up some 44 Specials shot loads for my S&W Mod 24. Kensnra, Many years ago while living in Arizona I had a bad problem with and rats and rattlesnakes in my horse barn.

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