Is this OK?

I am trying to get my newly loaded 45 acp rounds to chamber in a 1911 and have forund that my loaded rounds are too long
by about .005''. If I reduce the COAL from 1.260 to 1.255 they go from jamming to chambering.
Can I just push them down that far and recrimp or do I need to start over?

I am loading a 230 grain laser cast bullet over 5.1, soon to be 5.5, grains of HP38 in new Starline brass.

I am also loading 5.5 grains of Unique, same brass, same bullet.

Thanks in advance.

Yes, no problem just do not try to reseat the primers.

As to pushing the bullet down a little and crimping, no problem.

You shouldn't really have to re crimp though.

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Still Running Against the Wind

Excellent, thank you.

Back in my commercial loading days we had the same problem with 230 gr RN lead, 7,000 rounds. We set up a Rockchucker and when ever things were slow someone would run rounds through it. Worked fine, just took a long time. Watch out for stray lead splinters, they can affect your overall length if they build up in the die.

Sure thing, no problem!

I wouldn't think there would be a problem with deeper seating. The only prob may be shearing lead with the already crimped case, but .005" deeper, no problem...

Reseat...no problem.

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Lt. Dan, what R U doing here?

You can but it's not ideal. WHen you reseat, you break neck tension. SO while not detrimental or dangerous, it's not ideal. It's why one should load in small test lots of no more than 10rds. That way you have fewer mistakes to fix. It's worse pulling them out a bit & reseating/crimping.