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So I have another friend getting into reloading. I just discovered I'm missing the pilot for .45 ACP and everywhere is back ordered...I know stupid of me to not have gone through my stuff and filled all the "holes" two years ago. Anyway, all his brass is within spec, most of it around .892-.895 inches.
Has anyone used a case trimmer without a pilot? I know, kind of odd question, eh? I just tried a few and don't see any problems visually, nor when using a caliper and carefully rotating the case and checking length from multiple points.
Perhaps it's not a big deal, and he doesn't have to worry about trimming to the same length. Just from what I read it seems that .45 ACP is more likely to get shorter with use? I don't know about that, I haven't had as much experience reloading .45, so I defer to others with more.
As an aside. Some of his brass is something like .886-.889. And it's once fired, what's up with that? Is that abnormal? All my manuals I have indicate .893 is minimum length.
Has anyone used a case trimmer without a pilot? I know, kind of odd question, eh? I just tried a few and don't see any problems visually, nor when using a caliper and carefully rotating the case and checking length from multiple points.
Perhaps it's not a big deal, and he doesn't have to worry about trimming to the same length. Just from what I read it seems that .45 ACP is more likely to get shorter with use? I don't know about that, I haven't had as much experience reloading .45, so I defer to others with more.
As an aside. Some of his brass is something like .886-.889. And it's once fired, what's up with that? Is that abnormal? All my manuals I have indicate .893 is minimum length.