Jamison .45/110 brass

[Ironramrod]

Well, I loaded up 5 of the new Jamison .45/110 brass yesterday using 90 gr. of my super mistake 3f/2f Goex express mixture fire forming powder and 550 gr. Brooks pp semi round nose bullets for a test. Wads were a wax paper wad next to the powder, then a lubed 1/8" hard felt wad, then another wax paper wad, then a rubberized cork wad, and finally the patched bullet.

Before loading the brass averaged 2.865" in length; after firing the cases averaged 2.855" in length. After full length resizing w/ a Lyman FL sizing die the cases averaged 2.867" in length. The cases did grow a little, but not very much.

The target was 1 of my "sight-in" rocks at just under 100 yards about the size of a car hood w/ a dark spot in the center. The loads did shoot very good, despite the short cases; however, I've never seen paper rings that big either.

Maybe I omitted something really important in the loading process, and if I did please enlighten me.

Regards
IR