UnderDawgAl
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I loaded about 100 rounds of ~2.6 gr. Bullseye (cavity .30 in Lee Auto Disk) under a Speer 148-gr. HBWC. I used a light roll crimp on the shoulder of the bullet in my FCD.
I also loaded about 100 rounds of ~2.9 gr BE (cavity .32) under the same bullet. Same crimp as above.
At the range today, I noticed that the 2.6-gr loadings often had some unburned powder after firing. Would a tighter crimp ensure that the powder all burns? I didn't notice the issue with the 2.9-gr. loading.
If it's the crimp that's the problem, then it seems that I should either use a tighter crimp on the 2.6-gr rounds or just stick with 2.9 grains as my load. Note that, because I'm using the old Auto Disk powder measure, I can't load the classic 2.8 grains of BE under my wadcutters, unless I manually do it one round at a time.
I also loaded about 100 rounds of ~2.9 gr BE (cavity .32) under the same bullet. Same crimp as above.
At the range today, I noticed that the 2.6-gr loadings often had some unburned powder after firing. Would a tighter crimp ensure that the powder all burns? I didn't notice the issue with the 2.9-gr. loading.
If it's the crimp that's the problem, then it seems that I should either use a tighter crimp on the 2.6-gr rounds or just stick with 2.9 grains as my load. Note that, because I'm using the old Auto Disk powder measure, I can't load the classic 2.8 grains of BE under my wadcutters, unless I manually do it one round at a time.