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Altering Factory Ammo Seating Depth
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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 855519" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>Sully, you know me well enough to know that I would only do that in a pinch, it's certainly not my SOP, but then I ignite very little factory ammunition.</p><p> </p><p>The times I've done it, maybe 5 times, it did't seem to effect trajectory but then, thats just my observation.</p><p> </p><p>I did it last year prior to my NM Mulie hunt. I had ordered 2 boxes of 338 Lapua/Lapua loads from HSM and specified the COAL I wanted. The rounds came in but at the SAMMI spec so I ran them out to what I wanted in the first place and I saw no detrimental trajectory changes. I was going through a protracted wait on reloading dies which I got after 6 months so 'factory' loads are as thing of the past now.</p><p> </p><p>I'm sure you can geuss how I 'Ran them out'.......<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Maybe I should say 'ran them out and bumped them back' in as much as I had the seater die but no NS or FL dies and a pile of brass.....</p><p> </p><p>My concern was lost neck tension one reason for the crimp, besides....</p><p> </p><p>To the OP, I crimp everything. That is SOP with me. Every caliber I reload. lets see, 223, 22-250, 300WSM, 300 WBY, 308 and 338. Of course the pistol rounds are roll crimped anyway. Everything else gets crimped with a Lee Collet Crimper, even pills with no cannelure. Not excessively, just a tad. I use a 'perfect crimp' on my press that insures a repeatable crimp pressure, first time, everytime.</p><p> </p><p>Actually, crimping is an offshoot of the way I hunt. I tend to carry a number of cartridges in my coat pocket or pants pocket and trudging around in the woods tends to bang them around and I don't want the COAL to change.</p><p> </p><p>Crimping is a personal preference on my part. Just insurance the way I look at it and I don't want to or desire to debate that....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 855519, member: 39764"] Sully, you know me well enough to know that I would only do that in a pinch, it's certainly not my SOP, but then I ignite very little factory ammunition. The times I've done it, maybe 5 times, it did't seem to effect trajectory but then, thats just my observation. I did it last year prior to my NM Mulie hunt. I had ordered 2 boxes of 338 Lapua/Lapua loads from HSM and specified the COAL I wanted. The rounds came in but at the SAMMI spec so I ran them out to what I wanted in the first place and I saw no detrimental trajectory changes. I was going through a protracted wait on reloading dies which I got after 6 months so 'factory' loads are as thing of the past now. I'm sure you can geuss how I 'Ran them out'.......:) Maybe I should say 'ran them out and bumped them back' in as much as I had the seater die but no NS or FL dies and a pile of brass..... My concern was lost neck tension one reason for the crimp, besides.... To the OP, I crimp everything. That is SOP with me. Every caliber I reload. lets see, 223, 22-250, 300WSM, 300 WBY, 308 and 338. Of course the pistol rounds are roll crimped anyway. Everything else gets crimped with a Lee Collet Crimper, even pills with no cannelure. Not excessively, just a tad. I use a 'perfect crimp' on my press that insures a repeatable crimp pressure, first time, everytime. Actually, crimping is an offshoot of the way I hunt. I tend to carry a number of cartridges in my coat pocket or pants pocket and trudging around in the woods tends to bang them around and I don't want the COAL to change. Crimping is a personal preference on my part. Just insurance the way I look at it and I don't want to or desire to debate that.... [/QUOTE]
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