► In
cooking, you can take a recipe, get nearly the same ingredients, mix them together, cook them at the listed temp, then
Bingo! even an idiot will have great food. That is absolutely
NOT how
reloading works. In reloading they give you a tested recipe, then with training and precise measurements you
must adapt it to your gun. This takes time, effort and understanding.
► You are having extreme trouble because of
3 issues happening all at once...
1) You are a novice and have many misconceptions. These issues will be cured with reading and discussion.
2) You are using a lead bullet which is slightly oversize from FMJ. It may look like others, but it does not measure like others, and this is changing many of your dimensions. Lead bullets are cheap, but they can make things much more difficult.
3) You are loading for guns with
VERY short freebores, which changes your OAL.
Again, you most likely cannot use the OAL shown in any book or on any website.
► The OAL listed on loading web sites is to
REPORT the OAL they used in their testing. It is
NOT a
recommendation for you to use in your gun. You can only use their listed OAL if you use the
same gun. Their test gun looks like this....
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If this is not what your handgun looks like, then you need to change your thinking.
If you'll contact me through the
Private Message system here, I'll try to send you some FMJ bullets that have a known OAL when used in a CZ SP01. Then we can work from there.