TC as a separate operation to .466 or so, this can be critical, not in every gun. Like I said, the overwhelming
majority of .45 ACP jamming on handloaded H&G 68s was solved by adding more taper crimp
as a separate operation. Saw this for decades in IPSC.
Yes, lead pushing is why you have to crimp as a separate operation with this bullet, it has
no crimp groove, so must be done as a separate op. Any TC die will reach .466, in my
experience.
Cannot guanantee this will solve it, but I can tell you that I have had this same converstation
literally dozens of time at a match and usually would hand the guy one of my rounds and say "Make it
like this for LOA, and taper crimp as a separate operation until it looks exactly like this."
Every time, presto, jamming stopped. May not work for you, but . . . .
Spend $10 -
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Brad - yeah, I get that a lot. My ammo also works every time in almost any gun. Some
guns will put up with .470 crimp or "just straighten out the flare" as is OFTEN recommended,
but for a dirty gun and or tight chamber, tighten up that TC. Folks keep complaining that "it
headspaces on the case mouth, it won't work" -- trust me, it works very well indeed.
Since .470 is the straight case diam, .466 is only .002 smaller on a side, this is REALLY
small, NOT some radical super tight crimp. I run .465 to .466 when setting up.
Bill