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and somehow these just fell out of the press

225 ftx blems over 38.0 lil gun & rem 7½'s




just for reference - the PTX 45 insert for the hornady powder thrower works AMAZING for running progressive without needing an extra spot for the hornady expander in your setup.

the boxes the 225 blems ship in will hold just over 50 loaded rounds. (for reference purposes only! do not try this at home )

Lotta fun there waiting to be had!
For reference, I seat the cannelure a little bit deeper, so that you can barely see it peeking out of the mouth. Not a big deal as long as you're catching some of it with the crimp. Did you test a handful at the beginning of the process, say numbers 5-10, to make sure the crimp diameter was the same after everything got running?

Hoot

yup. i always OCD my first dozen or so, once i'm comfy everything is running its pull the handle and try to not run out of powder in the hopper time. i sampled about 10 randoms out of the bin when i was done too.

these brass were a little shorter, but the COAL was on to my data so i dont mind the cannelure being out just a smidge. i had left the dies alone from my last run of them when me and kevlarr were testing.


one of these days i need to order one of those gauges from Tony - i boneheaded and forgot to add it to the cart when i ordered my bolt. its nice to be able to plunk test random loads along the way.