I have some 45acp that I seated a little to long. I have already put the crimp on them. I was just curious if I could just put them back through the seating die and set them in to the correct depth?
I have tried before but without much luck. I would imagine if you used a taper crimp it might be easier. I'm sure it would not hurt to try.
Is there any other crimp??(For MOST all semi-auto pistol cases)
I would bump down the seating length+re-taper crimp..Bill.
I have some 45acp that I seated a little to long. I have already put the crimp on them. I was just curious if I could just put them back through the seating die and set them in to the correct depth?
Just curious...how much is a little too long?
Of course you can. However, it could damage a lead or plated bullet, so they may not be as accurate as they would have been. However, shooting them is still a lot more fun than taking them apart.
Don't try to reseat a high primer in a loaded round, however.
I seated them @ 1.230" instead of 1.200". Basically just deep enough to fit in my mags. I have shot my reloads at both oal's and my gun shoots the 1.200" better. Maybe it is not worth the hassle for a couple hundred rounds. The bullets are Hornady XTPs by the way.
I am fairly new to reloading but isn't 1.27 max length. I was told to load my 230's to 1.25 and I hope that's right because I just did 2k yesterday. My test loads fired fine.
45pro. Every manual I own warns against reseating high primers. However you are probably right 999 times out of 1000. Good odds. However, it could go against you someday. If it does set off it's going to cost you some skivies at best. Please wear eye protection.
Are you loading the 185's?
Do you have a reloading manual? It will tell you what the minimum and maximum of the bullet YOU are using. It is different for each bullet profile and weight. Also make sure it will pass the "clunk" test.
I have several manuals but all call for different length s with same bullets. All say1.27 max though. A friend and sponser on here told me the 1.25 and it is within manual specks so that's what i did. We are really talking very minute difference with a few hundreths of a inch. What's clunk test ?
So what makes a primer more likely to detonate while seating it with powder in a case versus without it?