palmettosunshine
01-01-2013, 06:53 PM
Hello everyone,
I recently got a Lee 148gr WC mold for myself ( I mean really, who else for?) and after some searching it seems the consensus is to seat it to the crimp groove which leaves a little bit of boolit above the case mouth. I loaded up 50 with 2.7gr of Bullseye, crimped in the groove and went to the range. Shot just fine, fairly accurate and no leading in either my Smith & Wesson 65-3 or my 638.
When I was searching for the proper seating depth many people mentioned seating flush with the case mouth even though the boolit has a crimp groove. So I had to try it. I seated a dozen upside down, flush with the case mouth with a light crimp.
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff1/palmettosunshine/IMG_20130101_165910.jpg
So my question is, have I raised pressures too much by doing so? Still using 2.7gr of Bullseye and I'll be shooting these in my K frame first. Any thoughts or experience with this load are greatly appreciated.
I recently got a Lee 148gr WC mold for myself ( I mean really, who else for?) and after some searching it seems the consensus is to seat it to the crimp groove which leaves a little bit of boolit above the case mouth. I loaded up 50 with 2.7gr of Bullseye, crimped in the groove and went to the range. Shot just fine, fairly accurate and no leading in either my Smith & Wesson 65-3 or my 638.
When I was searching for the proper seating depth many people mentioned seating flush with the case mouth even though the boolit has a crimp groove. So I had to try it. I seated a dozen upside down, flush with the case mouth with a light crimp.
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff1/palmettosunshine/IMG_20130101_165910.jpg
So my question is, have I raised pressures too much by doing so? Still using 2.7gr of Bullseye and I'll be shooting these in my K frame first. Any thoughts or experience with this load are greatly appreciated.