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mattgreennra · April 23, 2007, 01:44 AM

I recently got Rainer 200 grain fully enclosed SWC (plated.) I haven't shot them yet, but I had a helluva time getting them to feed in my full size 1911. Here's my post from another site.

For my full-size 5" barrel springfield 1911 I found the sweet spot. Since my brass is untrimmed and mixed, I have a small varience in my lengths. I found w/ the 200 SWC plated Rainers the key was crimp. I setup my crimp to much higher amounts than I did for my usual 230 grain RN winchester bullets.
Here's my answer to those who have similar problems:

-I crimped a little short of mashing the plating on the bullet, this was necessary to prevent snagging.
-I oiled the brass very lightly for all these rounds.
-I adjusted to maximum COL to 1.248-1.251. These chamber 99% of the time, the 1% is mostly just a bad piece of brass.

Thanks alot to everyone who helped. My problem was using shorter lengths according to my hornady manual. I needed longer bullets (similar to factory lengths) and a hell of alot of crimp. Now I just have to pull about 100 dummy rounds.... oh well. Thanks again guys.

April 23, 2007, 01:44 AM	#32
mattgreennra Member Join Date: April 15, 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 93	Rainer I recently got Rainer 200 grain fully enclosed SWC (plated.) I haven't shot them yet, but I had a helluva time getting them to feed in my full size 1911. Here's my post from another site. For my full-size 5" barrel springfield 1911 I found the sweet spot. Since my brass is untrimmed and mixed, I have a small varience in my lengths. I found w/ the 200 SWC plated Rainers the key was crimp. I setup my crimp to much higher amounts than I did for my usual 230 grain RN winchester bullets. Here's my answer to those who have similar problems: -I crimped a little short of mashing the plating on the bullet, this was necessary to prevent snagging. -I oiled the brass very lightly for all these rounds. -I adjusted to maximum COL to 1.248-1.251. These chamber 99% of the time, the 1% is mostly just a bad piece of brass. Thanks alot to everyone who helped. My problem was using shorter lengths according to my hornady manual. I needed longer bullets (similar to factory lengths) and a hell of alot of crimp. Now I just have to pull about 100 dummy rounds.... oh well. Thanks again guys.