The brass that I have is both the fired R-P cases and also Winchester new brass. I plan to order some from Starline eventually.
Which brings up a question - can jacketed .429" bullets be sized to .428"?
Obviously I have not fired any reloads yet. The pistol was quite a tack driver with the factory loaded Winchester Western Remington Peters 200 grain JSP ammo.
BryanAustin wrote:I was curious if you have loaded up and shot those loads since you posted. How did ya like'm?Royce wrote:Thanks for the comments. I have new Winchester brass and am using powder coated .430" 240 GR SWC's since my Uberti also has .429" throat and barrel size. I also have a box of Remington 200 GR Jacketed Soft Point factory rounds that I intend to use as a source of cases. I bought this box at a gun show in the 1980's as I could not resist several boxes of various odd ball caliber new factory ammo priced at $10 a box.
The RP brass is the thicker of the three main brass manufactures. Winchester being the thinnest, Starline being in the middle and RP the thickest. On top of that, using a roll crimp or even a Lee FCD, those .430's with the RP brass may not want to chamber very well.
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I forgot to add, yes, lubing the case is even found in Winchester's 1870's handloading information.