Steve H
Member
First off..............I'm a newbie to reloading lead bullets, always used jacketed. I came across a couple thousand 230 "softball" Missouri bullets. I loaded a few up to the following: 4.5 grs Bullseye, 1.270 OAL. no crimp. Frist shot went bang but the second round fell apart when it chambered. I reran the rounds through the press and shortened the OAL to 1.260 and put a .008 taper crimp on the round. Is this too much of a taper? Is the .010 shortening gone to cause a pressure problem?