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No need for "guessing". :) If you compare and transpose SWC shape over "stepped" RN, you will notice length, angle and flat tip width/meplat is same as RN profile with non-contact areas of RN added to the base to length it. So like loading "stepped" RN or 45ACP SWC, there should be about...

Yes, I agree. That's been the finding from the myth busting "Neck tension and bullet setback" thread - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/myth-busting-neck-tension-and-bullet-setback.830072/page-4 I did sort cases by headstamp for the OAL variance test as different case wall...

My issue with mixed 9x19 brass is with case wall thickness and neck retention, I can load 9x19 with True Blue and have a ES of 9 fps loading the same head stamp. That ES number goes up to 30 fps with mixed brass.

But that was done "intentionally" to reflect "real world" reloading conditions most will use the press under. Initially, I did sort test cases by headstamp then resized case lengths by .750" only to go, "Silly me, when will I ever sort cases by resized length?" 😁 I do measure sample cases by...

Please, this is the "High Road" and let's not perpetuate incorrect information that's already been myth busted several times. Since Gen3, even the most common "perpetrator" of so called 40S&W "Glock bulge/Guppy belly" brass did not have characteristic Glock striker indents on primer cups when...

I was going to say “the thing I like most about your posts is” but there are too many things I like most. Thanks!

While I primarily use Lee dies, I do not use FCD for my usual reloading of different jacketed/plated/coated lead/lubed lead bullets of various semi-auto calibers and they all pass my various barrels including Lone Wolf 40S&W barrels which have tightest chambers I know. (With larger sized...

Based on .750" trim length, I am thinking OP is using 9mm. ;) When I did myth busting/confirming for 9mm OAL variance based on headstamp, measuring various headstamp "resized" case lengths measured .750" to be average median so I used .750" length cases for the myth busting -...

...plinker posting on THR (But I did shoot over a million pistol/rifle rounds past 30 years and shot USPSA for years). What I did for the "myth busting" thread was extremes of "real world" testing where post barrel cleaning was kept wet to dry. And for wet "clean" barrels, it did take extra...

And that's why we do "myth busting/confirming" ... To get to the truth with measurable and repeatable factual data - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?search/781408/&q=myth+busting+confirming&c[users]=LiveLife&o=date For the past several years, I have embarked on 45,000+ round 22LR...

...I made the scope purchase choices I have made over the years (And why I no longer have some of the scopes) deserving enough to warrant myth busting/confirming thread in the "Long Gun Accessories and Optics" subcategory with full indexed transcript of the video -...

Thanks to @Dave DeLaurant, Mike Branson of Gideon Optics (formerly of Primary Arms and Swampfox discuss differences between $400-$1500 optics from Primary Arms compared to $2800 Nightforce and busts commonly held notions/myths about cheap vs expensive optics and confirms some others...

...And since OP is using Speer headstamp brass that happens to be thinner than most other headstamp brass, I posted my measurements and myth busting data to be considered as one of various reloading variables including too much expanding/flare of case neck/mouth -...

...bullet into the case is more that "setback" it is failure and much more than a fraction of an inch movement. YOU then had to go into myth busting mode and recite/quote your data and threads. I have no doubt as to your measurements. All I said was I doubt it was the brass and I have had no...

...tension and bullet setback. So my test results are not absolute but one particular data set to use as reference. As to my approach to myth busting focusing on single variable to test (Whenever practical), it's the result of THR peanut gallery challenge of measurable/repeatable data with...

Seems like several members have had not issues either? How about the thousands or more out there that have reloaded it in many other calibers. Have you notified Speer/CCI R&D Dept of your pages of exhaustive studies? Seems a warning should be issued that their brass should not be reloaded and...

The bag balm is petroleum jelly based with a smaller amount of lanolin added, so I could see that remaining slippery after drying. I spray mine in the gallon zip lock bag, when it dries it actually gets…I don’t know the right word for the description but let’s call it slightly tacky…almost kinda...

That's another reloading variable. ;) That's why the myth busting was done to verify neck tension and bullet setback to capture measurable and repeatable data. Using various sized bullets from .354" to .355"/.3555"/.356" and weights from 100 gr to 115 gr with shorter bullet bases were done to...

I used the actual Bag Balm straight for the myth busting thread as that's what I use for lubing rifle cases for resizing - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/myth-busting-residual-lube-affect-on-neck-tension-bullet-setback.834035/ BTW, works very well and small tin is lifetime supply...

When questions arose by how much "Metric" primers were larger than "standard" domestic brand primers, I considered doing a myth busting thread and started measuring standard and Metric SP/SR primers (CCI, Winchester, Fiocchi, S&B, Magtech, PMC, Tula). While "Metric" SP primers were slightly...