flash hole size

donora dragon

i started to collect 45 acp brass,hoping to buy one real soon, i notice the flass holes on winchester's are much bigger than rem, fc. what's up?

Tailgunner1954

Early NT (Non Toxic) brass. The later version has small primer pockets.
Both load (with the appropriate size primer) the same as "normal" 45ACP

charliemeyer007

I use the Lyman flash hole de-burring/uniformer tool on all my brass. If you shoot wax bullets in a pistol you can enlarge the flash hole but never use that brass for anything other than wax bullets powered by just the primer.

Riomouse911

Watch the primer pockets with 45 ACP cases. Most are for large pistol primers, but some you may run across will have a small pistol primer instead. Trying to force a large primer into a small primer pocket can lead to a POP! or worse...

donora dragon

thanks guy's for your info. i only have 30 pcs of that brass, i think i will set them aside.

Cheechako

It takes a grossly under/over size flash hole to make any difference in ballistics in the 45 ACP. Even those that have been opened up to shoot wax or plastic bullets will work fine. You'll never notice the difference.

JMHO

Ray

Hawk Carse

Agreed, load 'em up.