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barbwire44 · February 10, 2005, 06:51 AM

Thanx for the info guys!!! I didn't get to read any of the responses until this morning but did load a few rounds to try out and they seem to be real close to the factory specs. I really paid alot of attention last night to the measurement on the factory cartridges and they are not really straight walled, they also seem to be a little bigger near the rim and from mid way on the case towards the crimped end they measure .419 - .420, then at the crimped end they seem to tighten up abit to .412 - .416 on the very edge of the crimp???? Is this how my reloads should look?? By the way I really like the hornady loader, it is pretty simple, it would have been really simple if I had bought the hornady factory crimp die and not the lee factory crimp die.

February 10, 2005, 06:51 AM	#8
barbwire44 Member Join Date: January 13, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 49	Thanx for the info guys!!! I didn't get to read any of the responses until this morning but did load a few rounds to try out and they seem to be real close to the factory specs. I really paid alot of attention last night to the measurement on the factory cartridges and they are not really straight walled, they also seem to be a little bigger near the rim and from mid way on the case towards the crimped end they measure .419 - .420, then at the crimped end they seem to tighten up abit to .412 - .416 on the very edge of the crimp???? Is this how my reloads should look?? By the way I really like the hornady loader, it is pretty simple, it would have been really simple if I had bought the hornady factory crimp die and not the lee factory crimp die.