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  1. yes, I can sometimes feel a slight bit more resistance when seating some that end up being longer. sometimes there will be a slight ring of coloring on the bullet nose, but the nose is still smooth to the touch, with no crushing. after I get all the rounds to between 1.124 and 1.129, then I back out my lee seating die, remove the seating stem, then "crimp" or remove the belling, adjusting a little at a time until I get the bell out on all rounds.
  2. hey Justsomeguy. Yes, i'm kind of thinking this is a crimp issue. I have the lee 4 die set that includes the sizing/decapping die, expander powder through die, the seater die (which I remove the stem from, and use to remove belling) and a crimping die. I have noticed that no matter what I do when reloading, there is usually a large range of overall lengths, when seating. So I make several adjustments, then seat again, untill all rounds are the same length.
  3. as of right now, I've been using the seater die with the seater stem removed, I heard that was the same as a taper crimp die.
  4. ok, disaster averted. I found my bullet puller (recent move) and pulled 5 bullets just for a quick comparison. speer: 1.127 oal .379 crimp at case mouth. .3555 bullet diameter at dent line/ crimp line RP: 1.128 oal .378 .3565 fc: 1.127 oal .379 .356 fc: 1.127 oal .378 .357 rp: 1.1285 oal .379 .356 visualy, the bullet pulled from the speer case has slightly heavier than minor indentation where case was crimped rp: a little heavier indentation, definitely defined indent. first FC: lightest indentation of all pulled bullets, indent band dissapears for about 1/4 of diameter of bullet second FC: second least indentation. very slightly more than first FC bullet Last RP: third slightest indentation. band just a bit more deep than second RP. none of the bands appear to have damaged the bullets, of cracked the plating. Much lighter than the first time I found out I was over crimping. I know a picture would be better so you all can see for yourself. I plan on working on getting a good picture for everyone tomorrow night after work. will try to get it posted here as soon as possible. I guess the first question should be, should there be any marks with this load?
  5. ok, I'll check right now. wasn't 100% sure I had tumbling last time, as the bullet holes weren't completely sideways, but the holes were a little oblong shaped.
  6. yep, exactly the same. he told me berrys 147 gr. round nose. he told me the crimp only removes the belling at the case mouth. I guess it's possible I'm still over crimping somehow, but not sure other than to pull a handfull of bullets. I'll have to go find some pliers. oh yes. I detail strip my pistol the 19th of every month, and clean my barrel the night after I shoot untill it's reflective like a mirror again. Then relube. I've been kind of seeing tiny hints that I might have just a little ocd.
  7. hey rowdy, yeah, that kind of sounds like my load, does it still feel like no recoil now that you've been shooting it for years? Yes it does. I to have done the load a mystery mag with 115s and a mag with 147s. I get tempted when i see how much cheaper 115s are. Then I do this test and I like the 147 mag better every time. My friends who shoot factory, I let them shoot a mag of mine and they always say "who, this is like cheating." hahaha. That's a 129pf versus a 145pf, goodness. so say you load up 300 rounds a week, starting over every week, every match on friday the ammo still feels like its not recoiling? or does it feel different after say 2 months of shooting the same load?
  8. ok, I'll try that. I'll bet that answers your question re: recoil. The accuracy factor is different. You don't mention how inaccurate your current loads are, but crimping could be a factor, or the Berry's bullets (I've heard others say they CANNOT get accuracy from those bullets - you might try a BBI or something else that is more accurate, if you don't want to use MG JHP's. Good luck - hope you find that "unicorn". ok, i'll pull a few tonight and double check. I forgot to mention, but I don't crimp with the lee factory crimp die anymore, as it over crimps no matter what I do. Ive crimped with the seating die and seter stem removed for the last few years.
  9. As a side note, I do have a lead load that I've shot inbetween berrys shipments that is pretty light in a moderate weight bullet, it's still nowhere near as soft as that first match with 147's though.
  10. ok, I'll try that. I've still got it writen down, and I think my guy sells 115 berrys. I'll be pissed if it's just me, and my test loads have been right the whole time.
  11. hey rowdy, yeah, that kind of sounds like my load, does it still feel like no recoil now that you've been shooting it for years?
  12. oh yeah, forgot to mention, that I calibrate my scale every time before I start loading. It's a frankford arsenal digital scale.
  13. The OAL should be determined by what fits and feeds reliably in your gun. As the bullet is seated deeper, pressure goes up, as well as velocity, and so should recoil. I'm surprised you could get your gun to cycle with 2.3 grains of powder. That's really light. Maybe check your scale to make sure it's reading correctly. yep, all of the lengths I tried fed and fired, when I went down to 2.1 grains, I essentialy couldn't stay loose and have the gun go back into battery. I had to stay tense like a statue. his mention of going up in the powder charge doesn't make sense with what I'm seeing with all my testing.
  14. that's also something I've been thinking about lately, there is no guarantee that they were at powerfactor. THe match is a local match with no chronograph, so I guess it might be possible his ammo was right at power factor. Which is what I considered at first because there was only 3.0 grains in the cases I pulled.
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