Can someone tell me the true diameter of a .45 cal powerbelt?

My 195 gr. are .449-.448 . the cup makes up the rest of the seal after the powder goes off .
chaz3815

Did you mic the plastic base also?

There are no laws that prohibit ML bullets from being the same diameter from bullet-to-bullet.... component-to-component .... accessory-to-accessory. You may have five different fractional and/or one-thousands-difference in diameters in each Powerbelt 15/20 pk.

You need to try them for fit & accuracy. That's the best way to find a good bullet. What works well in gun built one minute after yours - on the same assembly line -- may not shoot anywhere near the same target holes sid-by-side.

That's the beauty of this sport. Whenever someone here announces they worked-up a nice, personalizedbullet, primer & powder choice-load, they really did all the preparation & work themselves.

Look, all i want to know is the diameter of the bullet and the diameter of the base.I didn't want to write a whole paragraph for my reasons ofwanting this info. It was a simple question. I already know about slight variations +/- in bullets and bores. I'm not interested in getting a dissertation on choosing a bullet or working up a load. If you don't know the answer to the question, don't post. Simple.

With a comment such as that you may have to go BUY a set of calipers along with the powerbeelts to find out!

i think you need to step back and think about what you just said. triple seven went out of his way to help you ,then you get smarty pants and make comment like that.

Thanks for the kind words. Earlier today, I wasbelittled improperly by a gut called NumNuts -- now it's a guy called Maniac.

I seem to attractthe abnormal posters these days.... judging by their screen names.

Hopefully, a new hypothetical poster named "Screwball or Gnarly-1" won't be next baiting me.

Sorry for the interruption on a couple of threads in the past 24 hours.

There was never a more true statement. My brother, a friend, and I have identical 50 caliber T/C Omegas (3 guns). They all like different bullets and powders. Both of theirs shoot 777 accuratedly, but mine will not. I even sent it back to T/C and they got great groups out of it with sabots (I can't shoot sabots in Colorado). I had to go back to pyrodex to get accuracy with mine.

Each gun is different! There is NO "best" load for a group of guns, you have to experiment at the range with YOUR gun.

sproulman......He went out of his way to help me? Ok lets see how much help did i get.


What the heck are you talking about?Apparantly you don't think i need the info i asked for because you're saying that there may be five different fractional and/or one-thousands difference. I may be wrong here, but i don't think i will find a powerbelt at .005 under .50 cal or .005 over, but that's not the point. You have no idea why i asked for the info.I don't have a caliper or micrometer and needed this info rightaway. That's why i posted here looking forHELP.So did you help me? NO!

Again, i did not say a word about looking for looking to find a good bullet, i asked if anyone knew the true diameter of the powerbelt, which chaz3815was gracious enough to HELP me out without lecturing me. Did Trip Se7en help here? NO!

So now in this statement you're telling me i should do all the preparation & work myself. Well, that's a lot of help. I thought that's what these boards are for. Finding and sharing information. Not telling someone to go do the work themselves.

Yeah, Triple Se7ven went out of his way alright, but it was'nt to help.