I finally settled on 45 Win Mag brass, it's thinner than 308 brass, it's only a touch short, and you can adjust for that in the crimping stage.
Don't use military 7.62X51 brass, it is much thicker than commercial 308 brass, and the case mouths will not open up when you fire.
The difference in height of the pistol vs rifle primer makes no difference, your 1911 has .050" of protrusion.
I found the shot cartridges to be of little use. Usable range was 20', not enough for game animals typically. And since I am not worried about snakes, I saw little use for the shot cartridges in real life. But they are kinda cool, if nothing else just to say you did it.
accomplishing something off the wall like this is great. catching all of the pokemon is ridiculous. If we take a problem or question and work it through to the end, its what made edison who he was.
