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I recently purchased a Lone Wolf barrel for my .45ACP Glock 21 so I can shoot lead (yeah, I'm one of those Believers). What I've noticed is that my Glock barrel is very forgiving regarding case size compared to the new LW barrel. This might have something to do with the 1000s of rounds already put through the original, though I'm not sure. The Glock barrel will accept, without issue, a case at .471+, which is pretty close, if not the max, to the .45ACP specs. The Lone Wolf barrel seems to be ONLY happy only with .469, otherwise the action will not close completely. As the case mouth gets closer to .471 the action will be further and further out of battery and it will also be seriously difficult to remove the round from the chamber. Okay, so I'm sure that I simply need to increase the crimp a bit to make the diameter fit the new barrel, right? It shouldn't be a big of a deal to increase the crimp .002". I'm using a RCBS 3 die set that has the seater/crimper in one die, dial it down just a hair, change the seat depth just a hair.... When I adjust the die to increase the crimp the needed .002 I am getting wrinkled lead (Ranier PLATED 200gr FN), and sometimes there's separation between the plating and lead underneath (a gray concentric circle just above the case mouth). Having a round like this is wrong but I don't think I'm doing anything incorrect. Maybe I need to just use jacketed, but then that defeats the whole point of getting my LW barrel. So, am I doing something wrong here, or should I go with a separate seating and crimping die? Again, everything was perfect with the stock Glock barrel. Maybe lead is cheaper, but not worth the hassel? Maybe I'm belling the case too much, but I doubt it. I intend on getting a LNL Progressive, so the separate seat/crimp might be a good idea anyway.
:banghead:
Anyway, anyone have any ideas/suggestions?
Thanks for your time!
SkydiverMN
:banghead:
Anyway, anyone have any ideas/suggestions?
Thanks for your time!
SkydiverMN