Loading Balloon head brass

by Mark, Sunday, April 07, 2019, 20:19 (1839 days ago)

Good evening,
I have a Colt revolver chambered in 32 Colt New Police. I rarely fire this gun. However, I now have no loaded 32 Colt New Police ammo and about 200 piece of empty, properly head-stamped brass. I want to handload some ammo using the properly head-stamped brass. If anyone can help, I have few questions:
1. Most of the brass I have is balloon head. My Lee dies are having a hard time decapping some but not all of the balloon head brass. I am thinking the flash hole is small on these pieces. Does that make sense? Does balloon head brass use a small flash hole?
2. Data is scarce. I have two printed sources. Both indicate that 32 Colt New Police is the same as 32 S&W Long. Neither source makes any mention of balloon head brass used in the data. Do I need to make any adjustments to the data for balloon head brass and smokeless powder or should I just not use the balloon head brass?
Thanks for the help,
Mark