.45 colt blowback partIII

[Wagon Box Willy]

I've been annealing my 45 colt brass for a few years now and have solved all my blow back problems.  It even makes a difference in the pistols.

I can anneal 700 cases in about an hour....just did it a couple of months ago after the shooting season ended.  I shoot full load KIK in annealed Winchester brass using .452 sized JP 45-200's.  My '60 will not be spotless but will only have the smallest bit of build up on the front of the carrier which I just wash away after a match with Eezox.

Earlier this year I had loaded a few hundred rounds without any annealing and my rifle would jam after 2 stages requiring copious amounts of moose milk and scrubbing between stages and my new Uberti 1858 Factory Conversions were making my shooting hand black......I couldn't wait to shoot up all that ammo and I wont make that mistake again.

[Roosterman]

really depends on humidity too. If I have to spray some lube in my action 1/2 through the match I don't find it to be a big deal. Really seems much ado about nothing. I mean, it ain't like you're shooting smokeless, you got to expect BP burns dirtier than smokeless and that it may cause some minor inconvenience. 

[Thumb Buster]

Loading .45 Colt with black powder is a new venture for me and I took to partially resizing where the bullet head (250 grain RNFP) sits in as many of you all have suggested.  I also did up the partially resized brass with two charges, 30 grain and 35 grain of Goex FFFg with a good crimp.  The resizing the mouth worked somewhat on the 30 grain loads (with a felt wad under the bullet head) but the 35 grain (No wad and more compression) really did the trick.  I reckon this is due to the increased pressure opening the brass up completely.  Shucks fellers, the guts of the revolver wasn't near as sooty as before the partial resizing.  Thank you all for the tips and hints.

Where I'm at, central Indian Territory, Goex red can is about all you can find.  Well, to my surprise the range's reloading counter had Graf's FFFg...and about $5 cheaper.  Can I expect my next .45 Colt reloads of the sooty stuff maybe be even cleaner?

Again, thanks for the tips! 

[medic15al]

I load 40 grns 3 FG of Olde Eynsford Under a 250 grn PRS Big Lube and only a bit of the front part of my cases get sooted up. I do full resize tho as I have three different 45 Colts to load for.