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  • reckoner
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2011
    • 721

    9mm OAL .010" below normal - Shoot them or pull them?

    While loading up some 9mm on my 650, I noticed that the lock ring on my seating die had become loose, and the bullets were being seated about .010" deeper than normal.

    Here's my recipe:

    9mm
    X-treme 147gr RN plated
    Titegroup, 3.1gr (~128 PF)
    WSP
    1.150-1.160" OAL

    The affected rounds have OAL from 1.140-1.150".

    Should I be worried about shooting these rounds? Is a .010" OAL reduction enough to cause concerns with overpressure, etc.? I'm hoping they'll be fine, considering this is a bunny fart IDPA load that's nowhere close to max.

    I made a few hundred rounds before noticing the die was loose, so I'd obviously prefer not to have to pull them, but I will if I have to.
    Last edited by reckoner; 03-12-2015, 6:48 PM.
  • #2
    highpower790
    Veteran Member
    • Jun 2013
    • 3481

    Shoot em!
    Keep it simple!

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    • #3
      maxx03
      Senior Member
      • Oct 2012
      • 1422

      I run 3.5gr Titegroup under a 147 RN Xtreme seated at 1.150. Shoot em!

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      • #4
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        • Dec 2006
        • 44094

        Choot 'em.
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        • #5
          someoneeasy
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2011
          • 2372

          Or! You could pull them all, all few hundred of them, haha, just kidding, go shoot them.

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          • #6
            David-K
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2012
            • 745

            You're good to go, brother. Don't give them a second thought, other than load'n 'em up!
            "Well, looky here. If it ain't the fuzz".

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            • #7
              uhlan1
              Calguns Addict
              • Aug 2012
              • 6217

              I'd shoot them without hesitation.
              "Hence it happened that all the armed prophets conquered, all the unarmed perished." - Niccolo Machiavelli

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              • #8
                pacrat
                I need a LIFE!!
                • May 2014
                • 10285

                .010" is the approx thickness of 3 sheets of average writing paper.

                Shoot'em.

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                • #9
                  TomReloaded
                  Senior Member
                  • Nov 2013
                  • 1637

                  Your pressures with that load will be around 22,000psi. You could literally double your pressure and still be fine. You've got a pretty mild load with a huge safety margin.

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                  • #10
                    reckoner
                    Senior Member
                    • Jan 2011
                    • 721

                    Thanks, everyone.

                    Follow-up question: with my above load, what OAL WOULD start to have overpressure problems?

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                    • #11
                      JTROKS
                      I need a LIFE!!
                      • Nov 2007
                      • 13093

                      With Titegroup it's hard to say. You can probably seat it .010" deeper and you're still within safe pressure levels. Then another .010" you'll get a sharp pressure spike because you're bullet although plated but heavy.
                      The wise man said just find your place
                      In the eye of the storm
                      Seek the roses along the way
                      Just beware of the thorns...
                      K. Meine

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                      • #12
                        TomReloaded
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2013
                        • 1637

                        I think a generic rule is that 0.1inch shorter doubles pressure. If you're at 22k psi now, you could double the pressure and have a hot +p+ loading. May be safe depending on your gun.

                        Thats pushing real close to the edge with a guess, and titegroup might not respond to that rule. Id still say 0.050 shorter would be safe. Thats a light load.

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