Martindale Gauge

One pass, fourteen fail and 985 to go. Cleaned for an extra hour to reach a semblance of shiney, this old brass sat in someone’s to-be-reloaded pile for years slowly growing cruft.

This is the last of a five part series on tolerances in reloading.

If you reload 45 ACP for automatics (but not necessarily for revolvers), you need one of Bruce Martindale’s gauges.

Heretofore, I’ve picked up 45 ACP empties at the indoor range I use in Scottsdale AZ.