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August 30, 2013, 10:17 PM | #1 |
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Lyman 454424 Crimp Location...
For the last 40 years I've been crimping my 45 Colt into the (apparent) crimp
groove of Lyman's 454424 bullet -- which gives me an OAL of 1.660" -- far longer than the listed 1.575" in the manual Tonight I read the actual fine print in my older Lyman's 3rd Cast Handbook that I'm supposed to ignore the crimp groove and "... crimp on the foward edge of the first driving band." What gives here? (and does it make any real difference?) |
August 30, 2013, 10:49 PM | #2 |
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I'm not an expert in 45 Colt. But speaking generically, I think you're just fine as long as long as the cylinder is free to rotate and the round is performing consistently.
I would have never given it a second thought either, and crimped it in the crimp groove; just like you did. Hmm, crimping in the crimp grove <-- seems logical to me.
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As the previous post stated, if your cylinder still turns, I do not see that there is any problem with what you are doing. |
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