Reloading .45 Colt

I may have mentioned here before a load I tried which was supposed to give medium velocities, but was barely more than a squib, with lots of unburned powder. I tried that load again today, but adding an old trick. I put a 1 grain tuft of polyester pillow filling in over the powder, to hold it at the primer. Supposedly, the loose fibers are completely consumed, and have no effect on ballistics or pressures. I certainly never saw any of the fiber after shooting.

The trick worked like a dream. First shot nicked the center dot at 25 meters. Out of five, three were in the large diamond, two in the small diamond, and two were low and to the right.

I really regret not loading more, now. Of course, I can do that for next time. :-)