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Ausserordeutlich · July 13, 2006, 12:56 PM

I'm surprised that ol' Bucky didn't tell you that (1) you don't need to crimp for either your Mini or an AR and (2) that, if you do crimp, you sure as heck don't use a taper crimp; you use a roll-crimp into a cannelure, or use the LEE FCD which "forms" (according to Lee) its own cannelure.

Your crimped rounds won't be one nanno safer than your uncrimped rounds.

July 13, 2006, 12:56 PM	#9
Ausserordeutlich Junior member Join Date: May 27, 2006 Posts: 996	I'm surprised that ol' Bucky didn't tell you that (1) you don't need to crimp for either your Mini or an AR and (2) that, if you do crimp, you sure as heck don't use a taper crimp; you use a roll-crimp into a cannelure, or use the LEE FCD which "forms" (according to Lee) its own cannelure. Your crimped rounds won't be one nanno safer than your uncrimped rounds.