I picked up a set of Lee dies and loaded a few rounds today. I used Sierra 400-grain JSP bullets to make some test rounds with 34, 36, 38 grains of H110 in once-fired Magtech brass with CCI large rifle primers. OAL is 2.050". All this data is straight from Hodgdon's site.
I could not set the seating die to seat and simultaneously crimp the rounds like I usually do when loading .357 and .44 mag. This round is so long that I kept running out of bullet seating depth adjustment. Maybe I just could not figure out how to use this die...
I compared the crimp-less rounds I made to some of my 400-grain Magtech ammo and the Magtech rounds don't seem to be crimped either.
Can I safely use these rounds without crimping them or should I remove the seating adjustment screw and crimp as the last step?
I could not set the seating die to seat and simultaneously crimp the rounds like I usually do when loading .357 and .44 mag. This round is so long that I kept running out of bullet seating depth adjustment. Maybe I just could not figure out how to use this die...
I compared the crimp-less rounds I made to some of my 400-grain Magtech ammo and the Magtech rounds don't seem to be crimped either.
Can I safely use these rounds without crimping them or should I remove the seating adjustment screw and crimp as the last step?