92 won't feed swc

[hondo1892]

Ok guys my 92 .44 mag won't feed swc's because oal is too long. Does anyone have one of the Seaco molds for the truncated style bullets. I would like to find out the distance between crimp groove and nose. I'm looking at 240 to 270 grain bullets. Also are there any other bullet mold out there that may work. I know the cowboy molds will work but the ones I seen are lighter than I want. I want something that I could thump a deer with if I use it to hunt. Thanks.

[mikld]

Ranchdog's bullets feed in my '92. http://www.ranchdogoutdoors.com I don't have an LBT mold, but their Wide Flat Nose and Long
Flat Nose designs feed well in my Puma, both .44 Special and Magnum. If you want to buy some cast in various styles, look at Beartooth Bullets' offerings http://www.beartoothbullets.com

I've read some fellers will trim their brass enough to feed SWC bullets. I haven't tried it 'cause my Ranchdog 265 gr. Flat Nose GC is excellent...

[Mutt]

It seems that most of the 92's wont shovel the simi wadcutters . Or at least that's what info I have .



...........................Mutt

[J Miller]

Besides playing with various bullets to find one that feeds, 92s can easily be tuned to feed longer than normal SWCs. My Rossi was adjusted to feed full length Keith SWCs. In doing that it also fed every thing else much better.

My suggestion would be to take it or send it to a gunsmith well versed on tuning them.

Joe

[1886]

Are we discussing reloads? If so, have you tried seating the bullets deeper so as to reduce the OAL? You may have to adjust your powder charge accordingly to compensate for the reduced case capacity. Do you use the Lee FCD? 1886.

[pricedo]

Ranchdog's bullets feed in my '92. http://www.ranchdogoutdoors.com I don't have an LBT mold, but their Wide Flat Nose and Long
Flat Nose designs feed well in my Puma, both .44 Special and Magnum. If you want to buy some cast in various styles, look at Beartooth Bullets' offerings http://www.beartoothbullets.com

I've read some fellers will trim their brass enough to feed SWC bullets. I haven't tried it 'cause my Ranchdog 265 gr. Flat Nose GC is excellent...

Rather than trim the .454 Casull brass some hand loaders will just use .45 LC brass.
The .454 brass takes SR/SRM primers whereas .45 LC brass takes LP/LPM primers..........some see that as an advantage also.
The .45 LC brass (some brands?) is apparently strong enough to accommodate +P pressures.
I don't know I never tried it personally.
I was going to attempt to load the cannelureless .452 caliber 250 grain Hornady FTX bullets (meant for the 450 Bushmaster cartridge) for my Rossi Puma in .454 Casull using .45 LC brass but never got around to trying it.

[Griff]

There's a coule of ways to fix that, I'll pm ya when I ain't drivin'!

[Malamute]

I'd be glad to know how to get longer rounds to feed also. Keith loads won't work in the Browning 92 without some work.

[AJMD429]

Are we discussing reloads? If so, have you tried seating the bullets deeper so as to reduce the OAL? You may have to adjust your powder charge accordingly to compensate for the reduced case capacity. Do you use the Lee FCD? 1886.

The Lee Factory Crimp Die is nice in that I've been able to crimp bullets securely in places other than the 'crimp groove', to alter overall length...

[Hanzerik]

Weird, both of mine feed commercial 240gr lswc just fine. Plus they both feed the Ranch dog 270gr rnfp really well.

I use the standard rcbs 3 die carbide set to load them.

[Malamute]

The Keith bullet is longer in the nose than the common comercial 240 gr swc bullets, and weighs more, around 250+ grs. I don't know what exact bullet Hondo was using. I havent seen the Ranch Dog bullet to compare.

I've heard of people modifying the carriers and perhaps other parts to work with the Keith bullets, but I don't know exactly what was done. The rim also hits the bottom of the ejector, so it would have to be modified as well. I posted this question some time back, as to exactly what was required but got no responses.

[hondo1892]

Griff thanks for the pm. I had some old reloads that had Lyman swc's in them. I would kinda like to try other bullets though. I like the wide meplat on the LBT bullets. So I may order a few and if I like them I'll get a mold.