I'm wondering about crimping. When reading about he 357 Max. I came across one forum, I forget which right now. But some guy said he always crimps AFTER seating the bullet, separately. This is because he doesn't want to be crimped at the same time when the bullet is moving downwards into the case. This makes sense actually, I've thought about it as I've been reloading this past week.
And how much crimp? This is another thing that keeps me awake at night. I thought a bullet should be crimped just enough to keep the bullet from sliding around in the case.
But then I read somewhere else, you need a somewhat heavy crimp to in effect, slow he bullet to allow slow burning powders time to build pressure. How true is this?
Maybe I should stop reading.
I've tried various amounts, and I'm not sure I can really tell the difference.
Will crimp affect accuracy in anyway? That is something I haven't tried to experiment with, i.e: Same load data with two amounts of crimp.
Thanks for any comments about this. I've been reloading for about 10 years now, and feel that I've improved a lot because of the great information here.
And how much crimp? This is another thing that keeps me awake at night. I thought a bullet should be crimped just enough to keep the bullet from sliding around in the case.
But then I read somewhere else, you need a somewhat heavy crimp to in effect, slow he bullet to allow slow burning powders time to build pressure. How true is this?
Maybe I should stop reading.
I've tried various amounts, and I'm not sure I can really tell the difference.
Will crimp affect accuracy in anyway? That is something I haven't tried to experiment with, i.e: Same load data with two amounts of crimp.
Thanks for any comments about this. I've been reloading for about 10 years now, and feel that I've improved a lot because of the great information here.