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Does any body load a 11.4 x 57 Reformado.
I know a few people who load .43 Spanish but not the Reformado.

Hello
I load the .43 Spanish bottlenecked round in Remington Lee and a Rolling block.
The Reformardo is interesting as nominally it uses a straight walled case but with a slight taper with a .446" brass covered bullet.
That said my other Rolling block has the Reformardo chamber but retains it's .439" bore, this is apparently a common occurrence.
Many Reformardo cases were apparently made by firing older bottleneck .43" Spanish in them which is why the case head stampings look flattened .

I have a variety of cases, some made from .348" Winchester, some Cascade Cartridge Company and some Bell. the rims of the 348" are a bit thin compared to original cases/ modern reproductions. I would think Reformardo could be made from Basic Bell brass and a bit of fireforming. I haven't seen dies for the Reformardo so that could be a challenge. If you have a .446" bore then the RCBS 11mm Mauser mould would work.
I'd recommend a chamber cast as a first step and slugging the bore to see what you're up against.

Good luck and let us know how you get on.
Mike

have only just got the gun and am cleaning it.
Will hopefully get round to doing a chamber cast at the weekend