ORIGINAL: woodyplacks
Greetings, This is my first post, and obviously one of a novice, and I would appreciate any advise that I can get. I very recently bought a S&W .460, with a 10 1/2" barrel. I also bought a 4 die set of lee carbide reloading dies in .45 colt. As you probably all know, the 4th die in the set is the factory carbide crimp die. This die set can be used, with adjustments to load the 454 casull. I`ll need to get dies for the .460,
I know, but can I use the .45 colt factory crimp die with adjustments to crimp bullets in the .460 S&W?
........Your input is appreciated.
I think as long as the force needed to fold in the crip does not exceed the strength of the unsupported case wall, resulting in a buckled case, you should certainly be able to do it this way! I use .45 Colt dies for the .454 with no problems, but of course your .460 cases are quite a bit longer....