hello all,
After waiting many years I have finally stared to reload. My first batch of .45 loads did not come out as well as I had hoped (not enough power to cycle the slide in a colt 1911 (stock spring in gun)). I will be getting a chrono soon to see what the velocity is but here is the load data:
Clays- 4.5gr
fed brass and primer
185 gr speer JFP
OAL- 1.195
Due to shortages of primers I bought pre-primered federal brass and followed the exact specs from the Hodgdon site. I have seen results from individuals that used even less powder so I wonder what I am doing wrong?
Steps I took:
1- size then expand cases
2- champher cases
3- load powder
4- load bullets and check OAL
One thing that comes to mind is that even though this is new brass I did expand it after sizing- could this be the issue?
Any thoughts?
Thanks!