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Crimping 50BMG

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10 February 2012, 22:50
willieb
Crimping 50BMG
Is a crimp really nessisary for a single shot 50 cal?
11 February 2012, 02:13
ranb40
I never use it. Never heard of anyone who does, even with the semiautos. The neck tension is rather high, a load with primer only does not move the bullet out of the case.

Ranb


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21 June 2012, 02:23
Divernhunter
I do not crimp mine. Never any trouble. I often seat the bullets out and crimping could actually cause trouble. I also do not crimp any of my other rifles loads from 204Ruger to 338Win Mag. I do crimp pistol rounds.
24 June 2012, 22:20
dpcd
Armalite AR-50; never crimp; crimps are for machine guns.
08 July 2012, 03:22
Don55
+1
I don't crimp for the AR50 or the M2FA.
Try pulling some seated bullets after you reload them, there is plenty of neck tenson.
06 December 2012, 08:14
Robgunbuilder
Depends.- I crimp my .50 BMG 820 gr bore rider competition loads. Skip Talbot used to crimp his pretty deeply. My gun has shot <4.5 inches at 1000yrds verified and skip did way better than that. You decide.-Rob


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