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Handloading 41 Long Colt

whitewaterwhitewater Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
edited November 2001 in Ask the Experts
Would like reloading information for the 41 long colt. Loads, bullets, etc. Any tips ?Source for dies ?
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  • WWllVetWWllVet Member Posts: 1,493 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    According to 'The Handloader's Manual of Cartridge Conversions' by John J. Donnelly on page 536:Bullet diameter .386 Wt, 200 gr. lead. Powder wt. 4.5 gr. Unique for 820 fps Velocity.Good luck and have fun.VetWhenguns are outlawed, we all become outlaws
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Im also trying to get started with this caliber and need to know how to crimp the heel type bullets.
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  • woodsrunnerwoodsrunner Member Posts: 5,378 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I used to reload .44 americans, I used a pair of electricians crimpers that I had drilled a proper sized hole. Worked fairly well. But, I think you can get a Lee factory crimp die designed specificaly for the .41 Colt. I read this in a Mike Venturino article I believe. You might want to give Lee a call.WOODS
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  • mazo kidmazo kid Member Posts: 648 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello, Redding makes the reloading die sets and Rapine makes an inside-lubed bullet mould of the correct size. See www.buffaloarms.com I have an original, old RCBS die set that I would sell, but it would be more expensive than the new Redding dies. Emery
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