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I’m gonna give it a try

Thank you, I appreciate the info

Thanks to everyone for their input, I truly appreciate it!

I believe I am headspaceing off the case mouth

I loaded up more dummy rounds:
I cranked my seating die out a bit, when I dropped the rounds into the barrel they too long and stuck out past the barrel hood. An empty case was almost exactly flush...

I have mine seated much deeper than that

Seating depth in rifle bullets makes a difference in horizontal spread, some guys jam the bullets into the lands. I know how to measure all that

This is going to be target shooting, one hand at 25 & 50 yards. I am looking for accuracy and more manageable recoil. I picked the 4.0 from the Lee's Modern Reloading (lowest starting charge).

I...

I have left the bearing surface slightly above the case mouth (I think that’s what you were suggesting)
I also use the Lee crimp die, I can still feel the case mouth but it seems to feed okay when...

I have been messing around with this a bit, thank you

I am experienced reloading rifle cartridges. I know how to find the best powder charge, neck tension, find the lands and test for the best seating depth, etc. None of my experience seems to transfer...

Got it, thank you

Hi all

What is the little message bubble with quotation marks in the lower right corner of a thread window? When you click it, it turns blue.

Hi, new member

Experienced reloader but new to cast boolit pistol. Hope to learn something before I blow up my 1911😬