Fellow casters,
I am working on building a load for a new .41 Mag. The mold I choose was NOE's .412-238 WFN GC http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product...oducts_id=1794. The bullet drops .412 on the dot with WDWW. I am planning on shooting it at or around 1300 FPS. The trouble is that I ordered my gas checks through NOE and I do not know if they are smaller or harder or the same as other brands but I am having an extremely hard time getting them to seat to a bullet even before coating after coating this is just impossible. Do you guys know if Al's gas checks are different than Hornady's or would I run into the same problem no matter what brand I use?
Second issue is my throats are at .410 and I am going to size to .410. The bullet drops .412 and after coating I get .414. This seems like an excessive amount of sizing and I worry about bullet deformation. Am I worrying for no reason or is .004 too much to size?
Lastly, if my process is going to be: cast, seat gas check with 4500, size with lee PTSD, coat, and resize this seems like an awful lot of work, would you recommend just going back to a standard lube or is the PC going to be that advantageous for the magnum load?
I'm really worked up over this because I am wanting to get a good base to do my load development tests. I'm hoping to use this bullet and gun for some long range shooting and I am kinda new to long range handgun shooting so I may be overcomplicating things. Any help you can provide would be awesome.
Thank you
Nathan