valathar
10-19-2011, 03:10 PM
Howdy folks,
I'm getting back into reloading and casting after a couple years of having zero time available to me to do so, and I have a Kimber Custom II I bought 4 years back that probably hasn't even had 200 rounds through it yet. That's unforgivable, so I'm about to change that!
I have a Lee 452-200-RF 6 cavity mold that drops nice looking bullets, and I would like to use them to reload 45acp to feed my Kimber. I have never reloaded for a semi-auto before, which is why I'm making this post. All of my reloading experience has been for revolvers, lever action and bolt action rifles before this.
My question: To what depth should I seat this bullet in a 45acp cartridge? I assume I should seat the bullet so that the rim goes just up above the crimp grove, covering it and do a taper crimp... is that correct or am I about to have a disaster if I do that?
Sure wish I had a Lyman 452374 mold, if anybody has a used one they want to sell reasonably PM me! lol
I'm getting back into reloading and casting after a couple years of having zero time available to me to do so, and I have a Kimber Custom II I bought 4 years back that probably hasn't even had 200 rounds through it yet. That's unforgivable, so I'm about to change that!
I have a Lee 452-200-RF 6 cavity mold that drops nice looking bullets, and I would like to use them to reload 45acp to feed my Kimber. I have never reloaded for a semi-auto before, which is why I'm making this post. All of my reloading experience has been for revolvers, lever action and bolt action rifles before this.
My question: To what depth should I seat this bullet in a 45acp cartridge? I assume I should seat the bullet so that the rim goes just up above the crimp grove, covering it and do a taper crimp... is that correct or am I about to have a disaster if I do that?
Sure wish I had a Lyman 452374 mold, if anybody has a used one they want to sell reasonably PM me! lol