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HSMITH · January 5, 2007, 10:53 PM

rnovi is right, the charge is way low for a bullet that light seated out that long.

Increase the crimp and watch them lead the bore and tumble, .470" is already a touch on the heavy side. You might want to skip the FCD and crimp them in a normal die, the FCD might be swaging them down enough to cause some problems too.

I would start with 4.5 and 4.8 for the next round of tests. 4.8 should be JUST enough to run a gun with stock springs, so your guns will probably run about right.

January 5, 2007, 10:53 PM	#3
HSMITH Senior Member Join Date: June 21, 2002 Posts: 2,019	rnovi is right, the charge is way low for a bullet that light seated out that long. Increase the crimp and watch them lead the bore and tumble, .470" is already a touch on the heavy side. You might want to skip the FCD and crimp them in a normal die, the FCD might be swaging them down enough to cause some problems too. I would start with 4.5 and 4.8 for the next round of tests. 4.8 should be JUST enough to run a gun with stock springs, so your guns will probably run about right.