Getting ready for fall USPSA. 

 

 

Egw case guage? Nice

Wow!  I need to learn how to reload.

The loaded round pictured in the guage looks to be below flush.

I don't use the multiple chamber guages, only the single ones, but in my experience when a loaded .45 is below flush it has been over-crimped.

.45acp headspaces on the edge of the case, and if the crimp is too severe, headspace can be excessive.

You might want to check it.

Dillon vise???

The loaded round pictured in the guage looks to be below flush.

I don't use the multiple chamber guages, only the single ones, but in my experience when a loaded .45 is below flush it has been over-crimped.

.45acp headspaces on the edge of the case, and if the crimp is too severe, headspace can be excessive.

You might want to check it.

never heard that, .0005 to .001 crimp as all my loads i can say 9mm and 38 super have also been below the top. When they are flush or stick up most of the time their is a extractor mark holding them up and i file it off. I will check a factory .45 and get back..

 

 

The factory round falls below also.. Ultimately it can not stick above the top.

 

I would like to see a pic of yours with a factory round..I would just like to compare..

 

I crimp to .470

I crimp to .470

Same. .470-.471 as measured by my calipers.

Dillon vise???

No but it matches...

never heard that, .0005 to .001 crimp as all my loads i can say 9mm and 38 super have also been below the top. When they are flush or stick up most of the time their is a extractor mark holding them up and i file it off. I will check a factory .45 and get back..

 

 

The factory round falls below also.. Ultimately it can not stick above the top.

 

I would like to see a pic of yours with a factory round..I would just like to compare..

 

 

 

Tony - I'm with you.  Most I ever loaded was 20k of pistol ammo in a year and I guess your in the same boat. My EWG gauge sees every round that goes in to circulation.  It's the only way to go.  As far as being low?  My factory is low too.  My guess is the gauge is Max dimension not a min/max like the Foster and Dillon gauges which are intended to gauge empty cases not loaded ammo.

I brought home both my .45acp gages and checked some factory RP 230gr FMJ rounds.

 

In the LE Wilson max cartridge gage, the round drops an immeasurable hairs-width into the gage.

In the Lyman pistol max cartridge guage, the round sits above the low step and is perfectly flush with the top step.

 

Just like it's supposed to on both.

That's it tony? you'll need alot more.. Coming out to OB tomm morning?

You too?

 

 

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That's it tony? you'll need alot more.. Coming out to OB tomm morning?

No not yet, still racing tomorrow we are off but i have to repair the steering on the hydro.. 

All cases are too short. You can adjust COL to minimize gap between breech face and case head, but that isn't really a concern for action pistol.