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BombthePeasants · March 27, 2010, 04:11 PM

Hello fellows, I've been posting a few questions recently, and I've hit another bump in the road, and need your help.

I am currently trying to work up my first ever loads of .45ACP rounds using the Oregon Trail Laser Cast 200gr. LSWC bullets. I found out last week, thanks to the help of you guys, that what I thought was a taper crimp die was not, in fact, a taper crimp die. So this leaves me without that particular die. Now, having loaded 50 test rounds (10 each of a different amount of powder, in 0.1 grain increments) with these bullets, I'm finding that approximately half of them will not easily slide into the chamber of my barrel (I do not have a case gauge at the moment, and will not have money in the budget for one in a while). Is this a case of not having crimped my rounds? In other words, is it absolutely necessary to have a taper crimp die to complete the process of loading lead bullets for my 1911's?

March 27, 2010, 04:11 PM	#1
BombthePeasants Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 351	question about taper crimp dies Hello fellows, I've been posting a few questions recently, and I've hit another bump in the road, and need your help. I am currently trying to work up my first ever loads of .45ACP rounds using the Oregon Trail Laser Cast 200gr. LSWC bullets. I found out last week, thanks to the help of you guys, that what I thought was a taper crimp die was not, in fact, a taper crimp die. So this leaves me without that particular die. Now, having loaded 50 test rounds (10 each of a different amount of powder, in 0.1 grain increments) with these bullets, I'm finding that approximately half of them will not easily slide into the chamber of my barrel (I do not have a case gauge at the moment, and will not have money in the budget for one in a while). Is this a case of not having crimped my rounds? In other words, is it absolutely necessary to have a taper crimp die to complete the process of loading lead bullets for my 1911's?