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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3778288" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I shoot cast in my pistols 98% of the time and I do not crimp any of them.</p><p>40, 45, 357, 38 and 9mm now.</p><p>I tried crimping rifles and found no accuracy.</p><p>I suppose if you are in the habit of mixing different head stamp cases and your seating pressures are all over the map a crimp</p><p>may help in the accuracy department.</p><p></p><p>If I crimp my cast lead bullets it will size them smaller before they enter the chamber and I get leading and accuracy suffers.</p><p>I do not shoot super hard lead bullets.</p><p>My hardest is straight clip on wheel weights.</p><p>Most of my lead bullets are 50/50 mix of wheel weight and pure soft lead and then powder coated.</p><p></p><p>I have never had a powder coated or greased lead bullet experience setback.</p><p>Well except for the 1911 45 when the bullet enters the chamber it is at a severe upward angle and the nose of the bullet hits the chamber and sets it back lead or jacketed even crimped I get setback by just a hair.</p><p></p><p>My Hi-Point pistols do not have that steep entry that buggers the nose and pushes the bullet back into the case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3778288, member: 15054"] I shoot cast in my pistols 98% of the time and I do not crimp any of them. 40, 45, 357, 38 and 9mm now. I tried crimping rifles and found no accuracy. I suppose if you are in the habit of mixing different head stamp cases and your seating pressures are all over the map a crimp may help in the accuracy department. If I crimp my cast lead bullets it will size them smaller before they enter the chamber and I get leading and accuracy suffers. I do not shoot super hard lead bullets. My hardest is straight clip on wheel weights. Most of my lead bullets are 50/50 mix of wheel weight and pure soft lead and then powder coated. I have never had a powder coated or greased lead bullet experience setback. Well except for the 1911 45 when the bullet enters the chamber it is at a severe upward angle and the nose of the bullet hits the chamber and sets it back lead or jacketed even crimped I get setback by just a hair. My Hi-Point pistols do not have that steep entry that buggers the nose and pushes the bullet back into the case. [/QUOTE]
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