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Old 07-16-2014, 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc View Post
....my crimps run from .469-.471 for .45 acp. Your manual should give you parameters for other calibers. If it passes the plunk test, and if you can put the bullet against your bench and not move it by pushing with hand pressure, you're good. Check with calipers before and after the push test
What said. you do not want the bullets to "set back" I blew the mag out of a 1911 because of a setback. It caused a case rupture. Thank God for carbon fiber grips. I gat a face full of brass.
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