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I just wanted to show off my first 10 reloads. I can't wait to shoot them.
The only problem I had was knowing if I had enough crimp. I am using the RCBS taper crimp die. I adjusted the die as instructed; screw the die down until it touches the case, then down another 1/8 turn. It said to put the cartridge in the barrel chamber to check it. But my uncrimped cartridge fit in the barrel just fine. So I think I might not have belled the case enough; although, I didn't have any problems seating the bullet.
I couldn't tell that the crimp die did anything at that setting, so I screwed it down another 1/16 of a turn. Right there it definitely took the rough edge off the mouth of the case. It felt and measured real close to a factory cartridge I had, so I left it at that. I really don't know if that's enough crimp. I think I will load one of them a few times in the gun and see if it has any bullet setback.
Speer 9mm 147gr. TMJ
CCI 500 primer
3.3 gr. TiteGroup
1.130" OAL
This is straight from my Speer Manual. I'm curious to see how it runs. With the TiteGroup there is no start load. It just lists 3.3gr. as max, and lists DoNotReduce under start load.
The only problem I had was knowing if I had enough crimp. I am using the RCBS taper crimp die. I adjusted the die as instructed; screw the die down until it touches the case, then down another 1/8 turn. It said to put the cartridge in the barrel chamber to check it. But my uncrimped cartridge fit in the barrel just fine. So I think I might not have belled the case enough; although, I didn't have any problems seating the bullet.
I couldn't tell that the crimp die did anything at that setting, so I screwed it down another 1/16 of a turn. Right there it definitely took the rough edge off the mouth of the case. It felt and measured real close to a factory cartridge I had, so I left it at that. I really don't know if that's enough crimp. I think I will load one of them a few times in the gun and see if it has any bullet setback.
Speer 9mm 147gr. TMJ
CCI 500 primer
3.3 gr. TiteGroup
1.130" OAL
This is straight from my Speer Manual. I'm curious to see how it runs. With the TiteGroup there is no start load. It just lists 3.3gr. as max, and lists DoNotReduce under start load.
