P Flados
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The pulled bullet looks like the brass may have been starting to shave (case mouth scraping coating and/or lead) right at the case mouth. This is not un-common with the combination of a cast bullet, a crimp that is more than just flare removal and where the a bullet is seated to have the mouth on a full diameter portion of a cast bullet.
Shaving is likely if you just try to seat the bullets deeper. Shaving may or may not be bad, depending on what you are using the ammo for and how the gun tolerates the shaving. If this is just plinking / target shooting, I would try a few and see how they work. Use a thumbnail to get rid of any shaved material that is sitting just in front of the case mouth.
If I was wanting to save the bullets and get them re-installed to properly fit your gun, I would take a hammer style bullet puller, cut a piece of foam (styrofoam, sponge, whatever) to fit snug inside the bullet puller (to cushion the bullets so that they are not damaged when they let loose) and pull the bullets. Save the bullets and powder. Put a good bell on the cases, set up a seating die properly and re-assemble the loads. It is ok to seat and crimp a bullet with the end of the case on a full diameter portion of a cast bullet, but you have to watch for shaving. If it shaves, you are better off with one step for seating only and then crimping as a separate step.
With that bullet, seating deeper to put the case mouth about flush with the end of the full diameter portion looks like it would be close to optimum for your gun.
Shaving is likely if you just try to seat the bullets deeper. Shaving may or may not be bad, depending on what you are using the ammo for and how the gun tolerates the shaving. If this is just plinking / target shooting, I would try a few and see how they work. Use a thumbnail to get rid of any shaved material that is sitting just in front of the case mouth.
If I was wanting to save the bullets and get them re-installed to properly fit your gun, I would take a hammer style bullet puller, cut a piece of foam (styrofoam, sponge, whatever) to fit snug inside the bullet puller (to cushion the bullets so that they are not damaged when they let loose) and pull the bullets. Save the bullets and powder. Put a good bell on the cases, set up a seating die properly and re-assemble the loads. It is ok to seat and crimp a bullet with the end of the case on a full diameter portion of a cast bullet, but you have to watch for shaving. If it shaves, you are better off with one step for seating only and then crimping as a separate step.
With that bullet, seating deeper to put the case mouth about flush with the end of the full diameter portion looks like it would be close to optimum for your gun.
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