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Posted: 10/8/2008 5:05:59 AM EDT
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Guys, I have a few rounds that I crimped. I can visibly see the crimp "indentions" at the case mouth around the bullet. Have I "overcrimped"? Should I back the die out so that I cannot see these indentions? Are these rounds safe to use or should I scrap them? Blake |
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I know...I did read the directions...I just couldn't get the splits to close completely. So I kept adjusting the die in until they closed. You definitely see the crimp...as in you can see the crimp and where the splits didn't quite touch. These may be a bit heavy. I'll go lighter on the next ones. Range report coming this weekend. Thanks for the replies. Blake |
Well...that depends on how you seat the bullet. Although the Driving Bands were not designed as such, they still make an excellent Cannelure. Barnes recommends this, and if the case mouth lines up with a trough between driving bands on a cartridge with lots of slow powder to burn up, I crimp away. |
Actually, it doesn't really want to close around Verminator Bullets either. Why would you not crimp a TSX? Thanks for the info. Blake ETA - Barnes doesn't recommend a crimp on the TSX, or a very light one on smaller caliber bullets. Which again begs the question, are these good to go, and in the future either don't crimp or crimp very lightly? Or should I discard these? BTW, the bullets are sitting in the case mouth so that I crimped over the larger diameter of the bullet - not the grooves. Thanks again for any insight. |
If there isn't a cannelure to crimp into then you have to distort the bullet and actually form a cannelure with the FCD. This is not conducive to good accuracy, and has NOTHING to benefit you. I'm thinking you don't realize you don't need a crimp in order for the bullet to be firmly held. You don't. 
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