[General Disarray]

I'm trying to resolve a discrepancy I've come across regarding load data for .45 ACP. I've always made mine (200 grain RN) to have an OAL of 1.250 w/ a crimp of .475.

I was having trouble w/ ammo feeding into my Micro-Compact and was told by someone at the range that my data was wrong, and they should be 1.230 crimped to .469. So I reduced a few hundred to that size, but the feeding issues turned out to be something else. Now I'm ready to make a new batch of 500, and I want to make sure I set them up to the correct lengths. What are they?

[Ridgerunner665]

1.26 seems to work best for most bullets with a round nose...I crimp to .468 but .469 would work too.

[chbrow10]

You don't have to be at the max oal. What the books say is the max. Play around with what will feed reliably in your gun.

Like you, I tried the max oal, but had issues with the bullet engaging the rifling upon battery. So I backed off a bit and now everyone is happy.