The ROA Companion . . .

Hi Pards,

Got a picture to show the Taylor's .45 Conversion cylinder and bullets. The ball is the usual .457 diameter for the ROA. The conical bullet is the new EEP-UG 45-150 big lube bullet. It's rebated base allows it to be loaded in the ROA cap and ball cylinder just like the ball. However, the EPP-UG carries it's own lube. No grease cookies or lube over the ball needed. I'm using the new Cowboy 45 Special brass that is near identical to the .45 ACP in length and takes similar smokeless loads. The brass shown in the picture is .45 Colt.

I used 1 CC of LIDU in the ROA cap and ball cylinder under both the ball and the EPP-UG bullets and the load worked great. For the Cowboy 45 Special, I used the same 1 + CC of LIDU; however, added a bit more to get 2MM compression under the EPP-UG bullet.

For smokeless in the conversion cylinder using the Cowboy 45 Special brass, I used 2.6 - .7 of Clays and filled the case to the bell with Wally World grits. Seated a 160 LRNFP smokeless bullet with a Redding profile crimp die.

I'm still looking for vials to hold 5 lubed EPP-UG 45-150 bullets. Can't cap the yellow tubes with a lubed bullet. So, I use some PRS 45-250 as plugs for the yellow tubes and continue to use premeasured 2Fg LIDU.

Works for me . . . Thanks fer looking.