Wagon Box Willy

Thanks, When are you heading North?

Hey Kid. I lost it in Maine. should have a couple of "W"s on it ;). When are you heading North? Went to my first Shoot yesterday at Harvard.....good to be back in the black again.

I posted a couple of years ago about a loading strip I got from JM Leather and lost it at a match. I just received a new design Wild Bunch loading strip from Johnny which looks like it will work well. $35 http://nhwoodworker.com/Gallery/wbstrip1.JPG http://nhwoodworker.com/Gallery/wbstrip2.JPG http://nhwoodworker.com/Gallery/wbstrip3.JPG

Thanks John Boy. The only smokeless I load are my 45 colt and 45 acp for Wild Bunch and practice....everything else is BP. I probably over did it with the powder I bought as I don't shoot much smokeless but I didn't want to run out like I did this month again.

I cast and reload everything except my #7-1/2 shot which I purchase.

Thanks All, So I loaded up some 45acp with Trail Boss to a PF of about 164 and shot it. That load pretty much filled the case, shot well and was not dirty. Being that the TB was readily available and I already use it for my 45 colt and since I won't have to worry about double charging I decided to switch to TB for my 45acp loading. I picked up 5'bs for $119 at Shooters Outpost in Hooksett NH. Buying the 5lb jugs saved a bunch as the 9oz. 1lb bottle of TB is 20 bucks which works out to 30 bucks a pound when buying the small bottles. I also picked up 3 14oz bottles of 700-x for my shotgun.

Yes, that was the final price delivered.

Thanks for all the suggestions. Since I don't actually shoot much smokeless I'm reluctant to buy powder mail order because of the HAZMAT fee, which would probably tempt me to purchase way more than I need. Today I loaded a few rounds with TB at 5gr. That seemed to fill the case up to where the 200gr Lee LSWC was going to just kiss the powder. The measured PF was 154.4 so it's on the low side but I'd be reluctant to add more powder (max load is 5.5gr) for fear of compression. Surprisingly the TB measured better than I thought with a SD of 8. I've got enough Clays to get me through the WB season if I use it only for shotgun so I'm going to load up some 45acp with TB for now while I keep my eye out locally for powder. Thanks again. Willy

If you don't mind paying the HAZMAT the Fed 150's are showing up all over online. I just purchased some from Brownells for $36.50/1000 delivered for 5K of them. That being said I tend to use Winchester LPP in my 45acp.

Sorry folks. I'm a black powder guy so this smokeless stuff is new to me. I currently load WST and have loaded Clays for my 200gr LSWC 45acp. Well, I'm out of WST and about out of Clays, which I also use for my WB shotgun. I have a full 9oz of TB but I think that will be my backup plan. No one around here has either powder. So as I call around I'd like to check stock on other options. So what should I consider buying? Unique? what else?