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Steve Smith · February 17, 2002, 12:07 AM

You don't need a ton of crimp. Basically just enough to take the bell out. Case tension does most of the work for you. Try this:

Load some ammo. Measure your OAL and write it down. Load your SRH, and only shoot 5 rounds. Load it again, and shoot the fresh rounds, leaving the one that was there from earlier. Do this a coubel of times. If the case OAL hasn't grown significantly (or at all) you're good to go.

This becomes very important to consistent loads and for heavy loads that have the bullet at the very end of the chamber.

February 17, 2002, 12:07 AM	#4
Steve Smith Senior Member Join Date: December 9, 1999 Posts: 4,131	You don't need a ton of crimp. Basically just enough to take the bell out. Case tension does most of the work for you. Try this: Load some ammo. Measure your OAL and write it down. Load your SRH, and only shoot 5 rounds. Load it again, and shoot the fresh rounds, leaving the one that was there from earlier. Do this a coubel of times. If the case OAL hasn't grown significantly (or at all) you're good to go. This becomes very important to consistent loads and for heavy loads that have the bullet at the very end of the chamber.