How much 45 Colt crimp

[10xforever]

Just starting to load 45 Colt and wondering how much crimp is needed.
I will be using 200 Gr hard cast bullets, will start at 5.9 Gr of WW231, Starline brass, WW LP primers. I use the 4 die set from Lee Precision. The Colt SSA 2nd Generation 7.5 In barrel.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.

 

[mkl]

A medium or moderate crimp should work fine.

Measure the OAL of a cartridge and load it in your cylinder as #6. Now load #1-#5 and shoot them. Remove #6 from the cylinder and again measure its OAL. If it is longer, you need more crimp. If no change, existing crimp is just fine.

OAL = Over All Length

 

[10xforever]

Thank's MKL that's a great idea. I have only 150 rounds fired through the barrel of the Colt and have been wanting to shoot, but never had the reloading equipment for the 45 Colt cartridge untill recently. Thank's again for the tip.