ImjinScout
Member
Hi all,
Just ran into a problem that seemed a little strange to me, when loading the free 9mm XTP bullets that I received from Hormady, I noticed that after the crimp I could push the bullet in farther all the way in the case when doing the bench test(pushing the bullet nose on my work bench to see the case tension).
I am using mixed brass but was able to determine that it was only with FC brass, all the other brass was fine. I have always loaded Berry's 115gr and never had a problem. I realize that the 2 bullets are different in dia. by .001 but why only the federal brass. The berrys bullets load fine in this brass.
For my set-up, I only expand very lightly, my seating depth is 1.12 and my crimp diameter is .375 to .376, after I finished all of my xtp bullets, I loaded up the rest of the berry's using the FC brass without any issues. Now I did try one and not run it through the expander die and it seemed to be ok, but like I said I barely expand the case at all.
Maybe someone could shed some light on the issue, thanks
Just ran into a problem that seemed a little strange to me, when loading the free 9mm XTP bullets that I received from Hormady, I noticed that after the crimp I could push the bullet in farther all the way in the case when doing the bench test(pushing the bullet nose on my work bench to see the case tension).
I am using mixed brass but was able to determine that it was only with FC brass, all the other brass was fine. I have always loaded Berry's 115gr and never had a problem. I realize that the 2 bullets are different in dia. by .001 but why only the federal brass. The berrys bullets load fine in this brass.
For my set-up, I only expand very lightly, my seating depth is 1.12 and my crimp diameter is .375 to .376, after I finished all of my xtp bullets, I loaded up the rest of the berry's using the FC brass without any issues. Now I did try one and not run it through the expander die and it seemed to be ok, but like I said I barely expand the case at all.
Maybe someone could shed some light on the issue, thanks