1.225 OAL ok on .45 LSWC?

how hot of a load are you running? Simply setting the bullet back, even a few thousandths, could cause excessive pressures..

I run around 1.240", and have run down to 1.230". Still, LSWC will jump the extractor sometimes in my Kimber Compact (extracting round case rim bumps/catches LSWC edge of feeding round). No issues with LRN. No worries with pressure in .45acp loading down to the driving band as you dial things in as long as you are running moderate and below loads. Good luck.

Typical SWCs should be loaded so that a thumbnail or so height of the band is showing above the case ... can't go by OAL as there are many, many different nose designs.



/Bryan

I shoot MBC 200 gr LSWC bullets loaded to 1.225 OAL. That puts them about to what Canuck described. I use 5 gr Bullseye and 5.2 gr HP 38 with no problems.

The Canuck has the correct answer, make it work first.

Common sense applies with book OAL same as with book powder charges - they vary. Anxieties over changing a book OAL are over reactions, just find an OAL that feeds and chambers, then adjust the charge down a tad if it's a max load, otherwise forget it.

The ONLY situation when seating slightly lower matters is on absolutely max loads in those few cartridges that are both small and high intensity to start with; the .45 ACP is neither.

(And, just for information, seating deeper in a rifle load actually lowers the peak pressure with a given powder charge.)