Sanity check:
Ok, can someone look over this and tell me if there are any obvious problems?
I just loaded about 30 rounds of .45ACP last night.
The 2 things I am a little concerned about:
I used 200gr RN cast bullets
My OAL is 1.24
I am worried about how the bullets are crimped.
I have a Lee Turret press and Lee Carbide dies.
I made 17 dummy rounds until I got the seating right - but I am afraid I crimped it too much - the edge of the case mouth is crimped into the bullet so that there is no "edge" - I am aftaid they will not headspace properly and I am not sure what to do about this.
Also - for the powder, I bought some "Power Pistol" powder and I used the Lee powder dippers to charge the cases - I used the .5 cc dipper - it weights right at about 5.0 grains - possibly 4.8-5.2 being my greatest deviation. This is consistent with loading data I saw for my powder and 200gr LSWC
So - is my lack of an exposed casemouth edge going to be a problem? How about the powder charging - sound safe and reasonable?
The bullets are seated well, the rounds look very good, I just want someone to tell me "go shoot 'em up!"
Thanks in advance...
Ok, can someone look over this and tell me if there are any obvious problems?
I just loaded about 30 rounds of .45ACP last night.
The 2 things I am a little concerned about:
I used 200gr RN cast bullets
My OAL is 1.24
I am worried about how the bullets are crimped.
I have a Lee Turret press and Lee Carbide dies.
I made 17 dummy rounds until I got the seating right - but I am afraid I crimped it too much - the edge of the case mouth is crimped into the bullet so that there is no "edge" - I am aftaid they will not headspace properly and I am not sure what to do about this.
Also - for the powder, I bought some "Power Pistol" powder and I used the Lee powder dippers to charge the cases - I used the .5 cc dipper - it weights right at about 5.0 grains - possibly 4.8-5.2 being my greatest deviation. This is consistent with loading data I saw for my powder and 200gr LSWC
So - is my lack of an exposed casemouth edge going to be a problem? How about the powder charging - sound safe and reasonable?
The bullets are seated well, the rounds look very good, I just want someone to tell me "go shoot 'em up!"
Thanks in advance...