Hey everybody! I’ve been following the site for a while now, and finally decided to register. Thanks for having me
I am completely new to reloading (“still in the shooting my reloads with welding gloves and a motorcycle helmet on and tickled to death that they went off and didn’t blow my gun up”on kinda new). I’ve been reloading some cast 9mm and 45 acp bullets from Missouri Bullet co. To be safe, I’ve been checking everything with a micrometer to ensure I’m within the overall length. What I’ve been finding is that, while my bullets are within the parameters in the manual, they won’t fit in my case gauge. They stick out about 1/8 of an inch. I’ll check them in my gun barrel, and they fit just fine. I’ve adjusted the crimp (probably over-crimping somewhat) but get the same result. I dummy loaded a few tonight, and if I push them to the min length, they’ll almost fit flush in the gauge.
My questions: am I doing something wrong? And has anyone else had this problem? Thanks in advance