Doing the same thing right now! I have several cans of 45 ACP brass mixed and I sort them out as it run them thru my deprime press in the shop.
Keep them in separate batches as they go in the tumbler and will reload the larger primer brass first and then on to the small stuff. But still one will find its way into the wrong batch!
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45 ACP Reloading
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Re: 45 ACP Reloading
Most of the small primer 45's I have are range pickups. When I get enough, I load em.
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Re: 45 ACP Reloading
I've loaded .45acp for Bullseye since the 80s, but basically the same load. Fiddled around a bit with it, trying for better groups, or less felt recoil, but for my application, whatever difference there was didn't change the fact that the guy holding the pistol mattered more.
Every reload I've ever made for .45acp was done on my Dillon Square Deal B, and it's worked well for me. I've used mostly the Zero 200 grain swaged lead SWC, with occasional use of the 185 grain version of that same bullet. I've tried the Nosler 185 JHP for slow fire, but they cost a lot more, and my scores really didn't change, so I just stuck with the Zero bullets. Loads across two pistols, a stainless Gold Cup, and a customized Government Model, have been between 3.6 and 4.2 grains of Bullseye. I've tried lighter recoil springs with lighter loads, but occasional alibis had me moving back to more powder. My current pistol has a compensator, and I use 4.2 now. There's a bit more recoil, but it cycles 100%, never an issue. I'm just making holes in paper, and those loads work just as well on the plates and pins, so that's been the load for a long, long time in my pistol.
I bought a thousand pieces of Starline brass and use that for most matches, and have a couple larger containers of mixed headstamp brass for things like plate shoots, pin shoots, and matches where you really can't or don't collect your brass. Some ranges will sell you range brass for a good price, and when that was a good deal, I'd stock up for those "lost brass" matches. So far, I haven't had any issues with small primer brass, but that's because my stock came from before that was a thing.
Every reload I've ever made for .45acp was done on my Dillon Square Deal B, and it's worked well for me. I've used mostly the Zero 200 grain swaged lead SWC, with occasional use of the 185 grain version of that same bullet. I've tried the Nosler 185 JHP for slow fire, but they cost a lot more, and my scores really didn't change, so I just stuck with the Zero bullets. Loads across two pistols, a stainless Gold Cup, and a customized Government Model, have been between 3.6 and 4.2 grains of Bullseye. I've tried lighter recoil springs with lighter loads, but occasional alibis had me moving back to more powder. My current pistol has a compensator, and I use 4.2 now. There's a bit more recoil, but it cycles 100%, never an issue. I'm just making holes in paper, and those loads work just as well on the plates and pins, so that's been the load for a long, long time in my pistol.
I bought a thousand pieces of Starline brass and use that for most matches, and have a couple larger containers of mixed headstamp brass for things like plate shoots, pin shoots, and matches where you really can't or don't collect your brass. Some ranges will sell you range brass for a good price, and when that was a good deal, I'd stock up for those "lost brass" matches. So far, I haven't had any issues with small primer brass, but that's because my stock came from before that was a thing.