Reloading .45 ACP Start to Finish
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Reloading a batch of .45 ACP on the Hornady progressive press.
A quick introduction on reloading the extremely popular caliber, .45 ACP
This round helped win WW2, and many consider it a better round than 9mm.
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Component/Tool list:
Tools:
Hornady LnL progressive press,
#45 shellplate
Hornady 45 AUTO Carbide die set + taper crimp die
Lee single stage press
Hornady reloading manual
RCBS 505 balance scale
Harbor freight wet tumbler
Components:
Hodgdon CFE pistol powder
Federal large pistol primers
bulk plated 230gr projectiles
various headstamp brass
Note this is for entertainment only, reloading is an extremely dangerous practice if not done carefully and properly. Serious injury or even death can result so be sure you do research and ask questions BEFORE you start reloading!
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I gotta say, I normally don’t watch videos that are just captioned, but your video was excellent. The information was spot on, helpful and you included some pretty sharp special effects. Job well done!
If only youtube agreed with your synopsis. The no talk is partially a response to their content bots which scan videos for naughty words they don't like. However, not whining here, just trying to figure out a way to stay on the platform (which I like) and avoid their censorship (which I do not like). Cheers!!
You really have me wanting to get the garage cleaned up so I can start loading again.
I'm literally working on my garage now...It's nice to reclaim an area that's been a "stuff" storage pile for so long :)
@High_Caliber My reloading bench is right outside the door, so it has become a dumping ground. 😞
@@Just1Guy1000 I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one this happens to. The struggle is real.
one of the absolute coolest videos on the topic ive ever seen.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely !!
Informative, entertaining, with better special effects and messages than the last Wonder Woman movie👍👍.
Can't touch Top Gun 2 though, man that was a great flick! :)
That's a low bar but this was a good video. 👍
"High Quality" tumbler from Harbor Freight. Lol! Heavy metal cut scenes and a little sarcasm thrown in, very entertaining for a subject that can be a bit boring sometimes. Your videos are pretty cool, especially compared to all the corn pone long winded videos out there. Don't change anything, keep going. I subscribed because of this.
To be honest, I was hit really hard a couple of years ago by youtube censors...kind of took the wind out of my sails, then covid hit and we moved... I have only JUST started making content again, but going to incorporate some of what I did here, on a much larger scale. It's still VERY early stages, but I plan to include guns (as I now have a home range). th-cam.com/channels/6CYMby84n0NAvRynWd3z3A.html
I really love the process. After all the prep, then, in the end, a completed bullet drops into the tray. Then you hold it and look at it and see no mess up. It feels good in your hand. Then when all is done, you now are looking at loaded bullet boxes ready to go plinking.
Welcome back! Way to use the Borderlands style text at the beginning.
....and throughout, I'm sure you noticed that ;)
@@High_Caliber I did. Achievement unlocked!
Sorry it's been so long for this video, I actually started it 2 years ago.
I hit 8000 subs recently, which is fantastic because without you, well I wouldn't still be making these.
If I ever hit 10,000 I'll do some sort of really good giveaway to show my appreciation. That will keep me going and trying to improve. Thanks all, I hope you enjoy. Oh, and I listened to feedback, and while I didn't remove the groove tunes completely, I put them into skippable montages where you don't miss anything needed. Cheers!!
It's the little things that make me all warm n fuzzy, watching this!!
An excellent overview for a guy who's looking to get into reloading. I'm caught between a Lyman AA-8 turret and a Redding T-7. Dont know which to choose. But...
.45 ACP will be my first project when i finally get my s**t together.
I've had really good service from Redding customer service, although I've never needed to talk to lyman about anything. Not a bad way to start, and yeah, .45 saves you a bit of money off of factory ammo, although unfortunately the component prices are WAAAAY higher than they ever used to be. If you reload a lot, consider buying bulk powder, the big kegs, per pound they are the better deal. Best of luck1!
you are so right reloading is therapeutic and rewarding.great video.
Thanks for the video
You are most welcome. I honestly just wish youtube would let me keep doing them...
Good Vid! I use the Hornady LnL AP too. I like to deprime, size, prime and flare about 1000 cases at a time. Then change my dies and charge, check charge at the next station, seat at the next and finish with a crimp. Its just as fast but more accurate than the standard method, I also use a hornady case feeder and dillon powder check alarm.
DO THEY GO BANG???!!!! LOL!!!
GOOD VIDEO - MY WIFE AND I USED TO RELOAD FOR ALL OUR GUNS (WHEN I WORE A YOUNGER MAN'S CLOTHES), YOUR VIDEO BROUGHT BACK SOME GOOD MEMORIES - BRAVO!!!!!!!
I learned from my grandfather back in the 70s, and I very often think of him when I'm reloading, so there's a fair but of nostalgia for me too. I find I enjoy reloading almost as much as the shooting (almost!). Glad you enjoyed it!
@@High_Caliber
MAKING BRASS GO BANG OVER AND OVER AGAIN TRULY IS RELAXING, AND ALMOST AS MUCH FUN AS MAKING THEM GO BANG, FOR SURE!!! I SORTA STARTED ON MY OWN, BUT MY MOM AND DAD WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE, THEN I MARRIED A GOOD OLE COUNTRY GIRL AND WE WENT INTO MASS PRODUCTION - LOL!!!!! WE STILL SAVE OUR BRASS BUT DO NOT RELOAD ANY MORE (GOT OLD AND CRIPPLED UP, YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES), BUT WE STILL LIKE TO SHOOT!!! I DID ENJOY YOUR VIDEO VERY MUCH, THE MEMORIES IT BROUGHT BACK TOO - THANKS ALSO FOR THE NICE REPLY, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ON THE VIDEOS, AND LORD BLESS YOU!!!!!!!
Nice video mate, coming from the uk it is really sad we can’t do our own reloading as it looks really therapeutic.
Well I'm in Canada...they are doing what they can to make sure we can't do this stuff either. Sorry to hear about the Queen, I grew up when we still sang her song every morning in school. Amazing how long she ruled. I'm just about to have a Guinness in her honour (yes I know it's Irish). Cheers!!
excellent video
Awesome.
Thank you :)
Very relaxing. 👍🏻
I reload al my ammo ,but I dont use any automatic devices. I do use a powder drop from Lee but everything else is b and one at time. no mistakes that way and I don't have any mistakes.
I compete, so there's just no way I could do that. With 9mm I sometimes go through a thousand rounds a week or more.
Don’t forget some 45 s have small pistol primers, so check your brass
That is one of the absolutely most infuriating thing about .45 isn't it. I'm all for .45 having small pistol primers if they didn't ever need big primers, but the fact that there's decades preceding that where LPPs worked just fine, and so just leave it be. But no, now scroungers are ever wary of finding a nice batch of .45 in the bin. Sort of reminds me of my early days scrounging brass, and ending up so excited over so much that ended up being either steel cased, or worse, berdan primed. Now you gotta throw small primer .45 into the mix. Next they'll be telling us that magnum pistol primers aren't required either or something as outlandishly easy to believe.
You are the Steven Spielberg of reloading videos lol. I like that rcbs scale, the lee is hard to get set correctly I think.
Let's hope I don't go through and take all the guns out of my videos in 20 years (weird reference) ;)
I had a lee scale years ago, and my experience was that it was easy to set, but it was hard to get a good reading on small amounts like 3 or 5 grains. Of course, I may just not have been using it right way back when.
you can go ahead and add ASMR to your tag list for this video lol I will be buying my first loader set from RCBS. Hope I can be as organised as you.
I'm loading .45 right now and they just don't seem to want to feed into the barrel fully. I'm either over crimping or the OAL is too high but i matched it as identically as I could to some previous loads that feed fine. I don't think it's OAL. My brass is either too expanded or something I just always have a problem with .45 acp.
45 shouldn't have any crimp really, I use a taper crimp to just "kiss" the case mouth to uniform it after the flaring stage. When I first started loading 45 I had issues with the die crushing the case slightly when it was seating the bullet, which wouldn't allow rounds to chamber properly, which is why I use the seating/crimp die to just do the seating, while the taper crimp is separate to uniform the rim. I haven't had any feeding issues since I started this technique.
@@High_Caliber I've been having problems with the crushed cases and indented sidewalls of the case. Ill try again using your advice thank you
Pretty sweet channel, great information shown. One gun channel to another, solid sub from me.
It's tough to have any incentive to keep making them. YT is BRUTAL. They have told me that they want soyboy thumbnail pics, and that specifically I should change my content if I want to "earn back" the adsense account that someone at google decided to close for me (without notice).
Google is as woke as they come. I'm sitting on serious acreage now with unlimited video possibilities, but just no urge to bring the camera along knowing that YT will likely just ax channels like ours in the near future. Rumble and bitchute are just filled with political activist trolls, so not really much of an option. It's too bad, I enjoy doing it, and it's never been about the money, but knowing I'm making content that 100% benefits a brutal woke corporation is my main sticking point. :(
i clean my brass with a rock tumbler filled with beach sand
Does that work?? Dry or wet?
dry@@High_Caliber
Just curious , Hodgdon reload info called for a seating depth of 1.200 yet you seated at 1.272 . How come ?
I have 2 1911 government pistols. One is a norinco, and the other is brand new out of the box colt. The norinco has MUCH better accuracy with a slightly longer COL, no idea why. So I had been reloading .45 as long as I could without them causing an issue in the magazines. The new colt shoots much worse with those bullets, so I have to keep 2 batches of .45
Good catch on your part though. Always reload to the proper specs! :)
@@High_Caliber Thanks for the heads up info .
Just setting up my pro 1000 for .45 Auto and I been wanting to know if crimping was required.
No, I never crimp .45, you need the shoulder of the round for proper seating. The crimp step I do here just makes sure it's uniform from the expander die. Shaping rather than crimping. I do the same with 9mm just to eliminate feeding issues, but no actual crimp. If you look at a loaded round, the brass should be stretched ever so slightly by the seating process, no need at all for additional pressures.
@@High_Caliber thank you for the information, this is my first time loading for a semi automatic pistol, I have only loaded .44 Mag & 357 Mag with a crimp
How would it work to wet tumble steel bb's like a bb gun uses instead of steel pins? They would not get stuck in smaller brass cases like pins seem to do. Any advice? 🤠
They wouldn't get into the corners in the case, or the flash holes especially. The pins, as annoying as they are, work really well at cleaning.
I have the same lock and load press. I am looking at purchasing a 1911 in 45 ACP and a modified Winchester 73 lever for 45 ACP. Do you use the Hornaday dies or someone elses???
For .45 acp I do use the hornady dies, although I also added a taper crimp die as well, not to crimp, but just to uniform the rim, I used to have random FTF problems with .45 and that's eliminated it. It's one of my fav calibers all around, so I've loaded more than my fair share (and just picked up a brand spankin new colt government...and she looks hungry).
Any squib rounds?
Not for a loooong time. I do a repetitive count so that I don't forget to check the powder load. Case-flare-primer-powder-bullet-seat-crimp. I believe it's a 4 count since most of the steps are automatic.
by now I'm quite easily into the 100's of thousands of rounds done, I think 3 total squib loads, and they were all early on when I switched to the progressive press...
@@High_Caliber good to see you still kicking. Been a while since your last vid.
@High_Caliber do you weigh the ammo after you are done? Just wondering If they are loaded the same I'd think they would have a similar weight, is this something you could do as an extra check for a bad load?
No. These only take a few grains of powder per load, you could never pick that up on any kind of scale. Differences in brass and projectiles would negate even the most precise scale. It's why visual confirmation on each round is so important on pistol reloads. So easy to overcharge.
Great vid, what exact press do you have? I like it : )
Full materials and parts list is in the video description :)
@@High_Caliber Thank You!!!
If you don’t mind me asking. What is that holding the shell holder I’m looking to get something like that and I like how you have yours
I made them and printed them on a 3d printer. The files are available for free from here, you just need to find someone to print them out if you don't have a printer! :) www.thingiverse.com/thing:5145673
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Ok F.Y.I.,THEMBULLET BEING RELOADED IA A 45 CAL,NOT A 45ACp,the pistol,thatnuses it is a 45ACP.,NOTMTHE BULLET 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 COME ON MAN!!!!!! Ya probably thing a AR15 is a assult wepon,😂😂😂😂😂
45 ACP is how people search the caliber. Also, man seriously, turn on your autocorrect or something, screamed comments are more fun when they don't look like a 12 year old typed it. Just sayin.
Best reloading video yet. #jakehunter88
I watched that video you did from 10 years ago, the ink on the chest. I've had ink done, I know how much that hurt on the breastbone, and you didn't even flinch, well done. :)
Clean your brass before you size it. The die will thank you later. That's basic. I know you want the primer removed before using liquid cleaning methods so use a decapping die not a sizing die. You will have room for the size die in station one after you get rid of the powder cop die that you said yourself wasn't doing much.
I want to get the resizing lube off the cases while I clean them, that's why I resize first. True you don't technically need the lube with carbide dies, but I experienced a lot more case failures with 9mm when I did them dry. I'm coming up on 500,000+ rounds of 9mm done with my hornady die set (and I think it cost me ~$25 back in the day), so I just don't think I'd want to swap up my process at this point. Not at all saying your way is wrong (and yeah that powder cop is almost useless with pistol calibers), just saying that I'm pretty confident in the process I've got going. :)
Great job, have the equipment now, and I am going to give reloading a try
Go slow, check check and triplecheck. One of the most common thing you can get is a squib load (just the primer going off, no pwoder) which can lodge a bullet in the barrel, and follow up shots can be...interesting. Pistol calibers are also easy to overcharge (harder with most rifle cartridges), so take EXTRA care with the powder loads. I do a 4 count when I reload, so that it's easy to spot a missed step. Once you get the rythm it becomes almost automatic, but until then take great care, and if you aren't sure about ammo you've reloaded, tear it down with a kinetic puller and start over. I've had to pull apart 400 rounds of 9mm once, but I did find one load without powder in there, so it was worth the hours it took to do. Better safe than sorry is definitely true with firearms and ammo. Not trying to be dramatic. It's a GREAT hobby and I find it extremely relaxing/rewarding. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!!! :)
@@High_Caliber Thank you for the response. I have a few people that have been reloading for years that have been helping me with my questions. Will tap into their experience when I start. This is nothing to take lightly. Kinda intimidating, but everyone says just go slow with no distractions. Just sold my two businesses and have time now, before it would have been impossible
I have quit a bit of .45. I pick it just because, while gather 9mm. You want it Ill send it
haha I actually have 10,000 or so from over the years, I fired a bunch just to be able to pick it up for the video (and to have some good fun), but I appreciate the offer brother :)
You know what really really sucks...some companies decided to start doing small primer pockets on their brass, which makes it a PITA to not only collect, but to sort and keep stored separately. I probably have 1000 small primer pocket 45, I keep it around in case it gets tough to find large primers (well of course EVERYTHING is hard to find right now!).
@@High_Caliber i was actually thinking , “ is ,45 lg pocket” when you showed the primer box. Im pretty sure I stumbled across some small pocket brass. I have maybe 7k -9mm brass 3k .223 and the rest I just pick up because its shiny. Have quite a bit of 38 super, .40, .308......
@@DisgustedGenXr Brass scrounging is an addiction I think. Upside to having enough property to shoot on is that nobody steals my brass, but the downside is that I never find any "freebies" anymore :)
1st. I wanted to inform you that I am officially a man with my 5 gal bucket of .223. Its been bugn me so I made it happen 😂😂
38super? I got a couple thou. Super fresh. Some guy went before a match and literally made a piles of 38 sup. (800-1000)The next time i went there was an identical pile of .45 auto. I have .308? ,38sup, found some brass AK 7.62 x 39 ...which is almost always that repulsive range “ ghetto make-it-happener” (VGG)... rusty steel 😷.
I have a few 30-30? 30carbine? Let me know. I have no need for it. I will keep it but if someone can use it Ill pass it along.
Yoooooo!!! Finally
I know I know, but now I'm finally set up. :) Temps hit about 100 during the day here so not a lot of shooting happening, but I can at least do some more teardown vids, there's a lot of guns here I haven't featured yet :) Back in the saddle finally.
How do you keep the primer rod gide from popping out of the base?
The rail that moves the primer plate back and forth? If so, I actually polished both the small and large primer plate sliders, and hit it with a dry lubricant so that it wasn't catching and popping out that rod. If that's not what you mean let me know. I also reamed out the holes in those plates so that the primers didn't hang up at all.
@HIGH CALIBER Thank you. I'll try it out..
You don’t clean your brass before you size😮 that’s backwards to me wasting case lube on dirty brass I de- prime and then clean and then resize
Good for you, that's fantastic!
I reloaded a couple hundred rounds one time, then tried them out and found they wouldn’t cycle the action… now I reload five and try them before finishing a batch. Pulling bullets isn’t fun.
Agreed, I once had to take down 400 rounds of 9mm because I found one squib in the batch.
Generally, I only do ~100 at a time, and keep them in marked boxes with date/powder charge, so if I'm not sure I'm not taking down so many. It doesn't happen much anymore, I realize how important it is to monitor every step so that nothing is missed.
@@High_Caliber this was a lot of fun to watch, thanks for sharing!
Standard mix for cleaning. 2 9mm shells of dawn and 1 9mm shell full of lemi shine. I run them through the tumbler with dirty range brass for 15 minutes for a pre-wash. Then tumble in the separator with clean water, which also separates the pin. Running grit through the dies wrecks them.
I sometimes run the brass without the media, especially with the .223 because it traps the pins, but to get the primer pockets and heavy carbon rings out, I definitely have to use the stainless pins.
@@High_Caliber Have you tried Media Shines products? It is ss chips, and it is cost-effective.
Bloke any probs with glockenspiel bulge buckaroo
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45 ACP is a a very classic bullet that mostlhy used on 1911 compare to Norinco 9mm Parabellum NATO.
No, 45ACP is chambered for a host of different pistols not just 1911's, I have collected pistols chambered in 45 for years, from striker fired to revolver, my EDC's are 45 striker or the non moon clip Charter Arms Pitbull with a weakened spring glock 21 magazine for use as a ten round speed loader , that's two reloads for the Pitbull. 1911 and 45 are the most recognized..... then we have PCC's, the list goes on...
@@SouthernGround Is there any other examples of weapons that uses 45 ACP except 1911?
@@suyuanxie8022 Of course,.... H&K 45, CZ97, Glock 21,FN45,sig P-350,Ruger American, Ruger SR45, Baby Eagle 45, S&W full size, S&W M&P shield, Springfield armory XDM, Beretta PX-4,...... This is just a short list off the top of my head, then you have pistol caliber carbine's in AR platform, Thompson civilian semi-auto, H&K PCC 45,most all are still in production, 45ACP is a very popular caliber and very reloadable cartridge only draw back is the cartridge shrinks each time it fired and reloaded, to the point in my experience I get lite strikes in some pistols before the case thins out and splits. Some say the 45 is a dead cartridge, further from the truth, I think the 1911 keeps it alive, hope this helps.
@@SouthernGround Thx
This is great vid! Trying to get into reloading 45 acp, I'd like to even do some casting lead bullets !
You should always clean brass before running through your dies
Nope, that's not true at all. I've processed tens of thousands of rounds, and dies are still running great. In fact, some of my dies were my grandfathers, so they are ancient (and still running).
A reminder when when collecting your brass casings only pick up casings that were fired by the gun that you're going to reuse them in or else you may find that your new ammo doesn't fit in your gun anymore
? That's what full length resizing is for.
@High_Caliber oh well, that's just embarrassing on my part then
No, you can come across brass that was fired in a damn glock that leaves a bulge on the rear of the case you can barely see and your full length sizing die does not reach. Load those up and try to chamber in a 1911 usually wont work. Lee makes a bulge buster die to fix this problem. Use that die before sizing your brass.