I'm reloading .223 for an AR.
1. After making an error, I pulled a bunch of SP bullets with a kinetic puller. This smashed the lead point into a pancake. Can I just file this down and shoot these?
2. I had some rounds that had been crimped and some that had not been crimped. It seems to me that it took the same amount of blows and force from the bullet puller to pull the uncrimped rounds as it did the crimped rounds. Doesn't this seem to indicate that crimping is not necessary?
Okay, I lied, three questions:
3. Some of the rounds were primed with match primers. I've since heard these are dangerous in an AR due to the chance of slam fires. Any thoughts?
1. After making an error, I pulled a bunch of SP bullets with a kinetic puller. This smashed the lead point into a pancake. Can I just file this down and shoot these?
2. I had some rounds that had been crimped and some that had not been crimped. It seems to me that it took the same amount of blows and force from the bullet puller to pull the uncrimped rounds as it did the crimped rounds. Doesn't this seem to indicate that crimping is not necessary?
Okay, I lied, three questions:
3. Some of the rounds were primed with match primers. I've since heard these are dangerous in an AR due to the chance of slam fires. Any thoughts?