Question for those reloading .257 Weatherby

[Win94]

Fellas on your bullet seating die are you seating and crimping or are you just seating the bullet and going with no crimp?? Shooting a Weatherby Vanguard.

 

[john-brennan]

257 weatherby

I do not use crimping when I reload with any cases that have a shoulder I have found that it is not needed with the calibres I use I think cases with no shoulder need it, Accuracy with all my guns is very good with out crimping if you use bullets with a cantilure you can crimp but not nessesary. I shoot a 257 weatherby, 7MM RM, 270WSM, 338WM, 25-06, 270win with out crimping.

 

[prosper]

As a general rule, I don't crimp. But, as with all reloading tasks, try it and see. If it shoots better crimped, then by all means, crimp

 

[smak_daddy]

I don't crimp for my bolt action loads.

I do use a lee factory crimp for my AR-15 loads.

 

[444shooter]

I usually only crimp if it is a compressed load, heavy kicker, semi or lever action involved.