another okie
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As noted on my "stupid newbie" thread I am a new reloader.
I've been experimenting the last couple of days looking for a nice light .45 target load and something for IDPA or IPSC. I bought three types of bullets:
230 FMJ
200 Lead round nose
185 flat point
All seem to work OK. I'm starting with the lightest loads in the Speer manual and then going down a little. Here's some questions for experienced reloaders in this caliber.
1. The 230 FMJ is obviously the biggest and is seated the deepest if I preserve the same overall length. That's how I reloaded all three bullets. The flat point is not very deeply seated at that point. Is that a problem?
2. The lead round nose has a larger base, with a slight ridge where the size drops down to the rounded part of the bullet. It also has red band around it halfway up the base, which I assume is a crimping channel. Is this supposed to sit at the mouth of cartridge? It would make the OAL very long. Setting it to the same depth as the others means a little bit of the larger base sticks out past the cartridge mouth, which looks very unprofessional. If I set it deeper, would this raise pressures dangerously?
I've been experimenting the last couple of days looking for a nice light .45 target load and something for IDPA or IPSC. I bought three types of bullets:
230 FMJ
200 Lead round nose
185 flat point
All seem to work OK. I'm starting with the lightest loads in the Speer manual and then going down a little. Here's some questions for experienced reloaders in this caliber.
1. The 230 FMJ is obviously the biggest and is seated the deepest if I preserve the same overall length. That's how I reloaded all three bullets. The flat point is not very deeply seated at that point. Is that a problem?
2. The lead round nose has a larger base, with a slight ridge where the size drops down to the rounded part of the bullet. It also has red band around it halfway up the base, which I assume is a crimping channel. Is this supposed to sit at the mouth of cartridge? It would make the OAL very long. Setting it to the same depth as the others means a little bit of the larger base sticks out past the cartridge mouth, which looks very unprofessional. If I set it deeper, would this raise pressures dangerously?