Not your "run of the mill " fatbarrel!

Sieger · 03-27-2010, 06:57 PM

Hugh:

Do you have the opening parameters for loading for this very interesting .45 GAP creation?

Bullet profile and O.A.L. should be two very imprortant elements in getting this fine pistol to operate properly.

For powder, I'd start out with Bullseye and create an accurate load that would function the pistol, then spread out into some slower burning powders for an accurate load that had a little more velocity.

Two Saturday afternoons at the range should be all you really need to develop some really fine loads for this eye candy!!!

If you are happy with your Smiths work, I think he may have several more orders coming from this site, perhaps, including one from me!

Sieger

Hugh · 03-28-2010, 01:49 AM

Sieger,

I have about a dozen reloading manuals, plus the Handloader Website has a list of loads from all current reloading manuals, so starting loads won't be a problem.

As for ordering one from Neil, here is what he wrote me:

"I’m about ready to send the 45 to you and let you do some debugging. I need to do a little more refining before I send it. I have spent the better part of the last couple months spiddling with it. I now know why Martz charged so much and why he always told me that most of the time spent was getting the guns to function.
I still do not know if there will be a number beyond 2........... I really do not care if you post it as I do not know if I will make any more of them................ I would like to make a full size 45 but not do it like John did. Instead of using 2 guns I see the possibility of cutting the gun apart and inserting pieces to stretch it. I have looked at this and believe it is possible, but want to finish some of what I have started now, as my carbine."

03-28-2010, 01:49 AM	#2
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 166 Times in 65 Posts	Sieger, I have about a dozen reloading manuals, plus the Handloader Website has a list of loads from all current reloading manuals, so starting loads won't be a problem. As for ordering one from Neil, here is what he wrote me: "I’m about ready to send the 45 to you and let you do some debugging. I need to do a little more refining before I send it. I have spent the better part of the last couple months spiddling with it. I now know why Martz charged so much and why he always told me that most of the time spent was getting the guns to function. I still do not know if there will be a number beyond 2........... I really do not care if you post it as I do not know if I will make any more of them................ I would like to make a full size 45 but not do it like John did. Instead of using 2 guns I see the possibility of cutting the gun apart and inserting pieces to stretch it. I have looked at this and believe it is possible, but want to finish some of what I have started now, as my carbine." __________________ *TRUMP FOR PREZ IN '20!*

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03-27-2010, 06:57 PM	#1
Sieger User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,579 Thanks: 2,154 Thanked 402 Times in 251 Posts	Hugh: Do you have the opening parameters for loading for this very interesting .45 GAP creation? Bullet profile and O.A.L. should be two very imprortant elements in getting this fine pistol to operate properly. For powder, I'd start out with Bullseye and create an accurate load that would function the pistol, then spread out into some slower burning powders for an accurate load that had a little more velocity. Two Saturday afternoons at the range should be all you really need to develop some really fine loads for this eye candy!!! If you are happy with your Smiths work, I think he may have several more orders coming from this site, perhaps, including one from me! Sieger