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thebawana · May 17, 2005, 09:13 AM

I want to say thank you to all those that replied to my post. I've gathered all the necessary supplies and equipment and will start reloading these next week while recuperating from some knee surgery. I've been through most of my .40 cases (I bought 1500 advertised as once fired off of e-bay, 90% are Federal) and found a few longer than the "trim to" length, but the majority are under that spec. I've decided to go ahead and trim the "longer" ones down to the "trim to" length and leave the shorter ones alone for now, and see how they do after another firing and resizing.

I'm reloading these for my new Ruger P-94, and planning on using the Lee "factory crimp die" to finish these off. The book says to use a light taper crimp, and I've talked to people who use none at all. I'd feel better with a crimp myself. What's the general consensus about crimping?

Thanks again for all your replies!!!

May 17, 2005, 09:13 AM	#12
thebawana Junior Member Join Date: May 11, 2005 Location: Kansas City Posts: 2	I want to say thank you to all those that replied to my post. I've gathered all the necessary supplies and equipment and will start reloading these next week while recuperating from some knee surgery. I've been through most of my .40 cases (I bought 1500 advertised as once fired off of e-bay, 90% are Federal) and found a few longer than the "trim to" length, but the majority are under that spec. I've decided to go ahead and trim the "longer" ones down to the "trim to" length and leave the shorter ones alone for now, and see how they do after another firing and resizing. I'm reloading these for my new Ruger P-94, and planning on using the Lee "factory crimp die" to finish these off. The book says to use a light taper crimp, and I've talked to people who use none at all. I'd feel better with a crimp myself. What's the general consensus about crimping? Thanks again for all your replies!!!