1972RedNeck
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Need a set of dies for my Hornady press for 45 Colt and 454 Casull. Is there a set that can do both? How about 45 ACP as well?
The only exception would be if the crimp proves too loose on the slightly thinner case (bullets backing out during firing), in which case you may want something like the Redding Profile Crimp die for it.
Well, in my experience, no trouble at all . Feed just fine, shoot just fine and very good case life. Carbide dies rule when they can be be used .but how much trouble is that compared to feed problems and short case life of tapered cases run through a carbide [non tapered] die?
_Point is, ALL carbide dies are NOT the "straight ring" type. The ones for straight cases are, the ones for tapered or even bottlenecked cases, aren't.
As I recall, I had trouble with some .454 loads jumping crimp when using .45 colt dies so I bought 454 dies and had no problems. But I have only fired about 5 rounds with each type of die, so not enough testing to prove anything.Yes, I too have a Bowen 5-shot "hand cannon" in 45 Colt that jumped the crimp the first time I shot it. You will have to put a hard serious crimp on your loads with that kind of recoil or will empty the other two or three cylinders iof powder in your chambers -- been there; done that; and aint got no t-shirt!!!!!