[owenbright]

I've been reloading w/ round nose bullets only so far and just received a batch
of 200gr. LSWC bullets.
I know I'll probably have to play with the length, but I was wondering if you
have to let the shoulder sit flush with the case rim?
That brings the OAL to about 1.2" and the minimum OAL according to LEE's
book is 1.19.
My guess is no, but it never hurts to make sure and ask!! :D

[1911user]

Most people load them to 1.25-1.26 inches overall. You want a little of the bullet shoulder showing. It doesn't need to be much.

[kart racer]

It's gonna depend on swc style.just seat the bullet with about a fingernails width of the shoulder showing and it should be fine,at least it's worked for me.I just check mine and they're 1.233-1.235.

[HSMITH]

This seems to come up about twice a week.

Set your seating die and crimp die with a round of factory ball ammo. If your gun is reasonably correct and magazines are reasonable you can go without the hassle of figuringing out how to make it feed, it will run just fine right out of the gates.

The SWC design isn't nearly as hard to run in a 1911 than 99% of people think it is.

[dmftoy1]

I've found that a longer COL works better in my XD 45 (but not perfect. :( ) I'm loading them about 1.245. For my 1911 it doesn't seem to matter as long as they're slightly above the case rim. I tend to load them just slightly over the COL in the manual for that bullet/weight. I figure it probably lowers the pressure a hair and makes it a bit safer . ..of course I'm nowhere near max when loading SWC's anyway.

Have a good one,
Dave