480 Ruger.

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Anyone in here load for 480? I'm planning on setting up a press just for it. Hoping someone has some tips? Useful info?
 
Nothing special other than bullet diameter.

It loads like .44 Special, .44 Mag, .45 Colt, etc.

The diameter only becomes an issue if you need to pull bullets in a collet-style puller; or want to use an M-type expander, as no one makes one. Unless the situation has changed in the last year, you have to have the expander custom made. (A friend with a lathe, or any one of the guys on the Castboolits forums that make custom parts.)
The expander in the Hornady die set, however, now has a profile closer to an M die than Hornady's traditional 'bell' type expander.

As far as I know, only the RCBS collet style bullet puller can handle bullets .475" in diameter and has a collet available. But, of course, the classic intertia puller usually still works fine.

My .480 Ruger gets fed bullets that don't work out in my .475 Tremor (AR rifle cartridge). I found out, through necessity, that there isn't much support for the .475s. (It didn't/doesn't help that the cases for .475 Tremor have incredible neck tension.)
 
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