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Reloading
No Crimping groove !
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 832712" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>I shoot a lot of vintage military rifles and I have found that most have very long throats. I have found that by using a Lee Factory Crimp Die I can load a round so it will work through the magazine and be very accurate. Much more accurate than a non-crimped round. I have not seen this improvement in accuracy with my modern shorter throat rifles where I can load the bullet closer to the lands. </p><p>For ALL pistol rounds I use the Lee Factory Crimp Dies. They put a nice taper crimp.</p><p></p><p>You can load the bullet deeper and crimp over the edge of the bullet but a regular lighter crimp should work. You do not want to try to run those 200 gr XTPs more than 1000 fps because they are designed for the 45 ACP. These bullets are .541 diameter and your 460 calls for .452 diameter. The 200 gr .451 probably will not be very accurate. The lightest bullet that Hornady list in their loading manual for the 460 S&W is their .452 diameter 240 gr XTP-Mag. Just some food for thought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 832712, member: 10178"] I shoot a lot of vintage military rifles and I have found that most have very long throats. I have found that by using a Lee Factory Crimp Die I can load a round so it will work through the magazine and be very accurate. Much more accurate than a non-crimped round. I have not seen this improvement in accuracy with my modern shorter throat rifles where I can load the bullet closer to the lands. For ALL pistol rounds I use the Lee Factory Crimp Dies. They put a nice taper crimp. You can load the bullet deeper and crimp over the edge of the bullet but a regular lighter crimp should work. You do not want to try to run those 200 gr XTPs more than 1000 fps because they are designed for the 45 ACP. These bullets are .541 diameter and your 460 calls for .452 diameter. The 200 gr .451 probably will not be very accurate. The lightest bullet that Hornady list in their loading manual for the 460 S&W is their .452 diameter 240 gr XTP-Mag. Just some food for thought. [/QUOTE]
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