Too much crimp? .460 s&w

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Bustercluck

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I've loaded a bit of rifle, but this is my first time loading pistol with a crimp. I went through the process in the directions that came with my lee three piece carbide dies and went with the starting load of hogdon h110 and set them to 2.160", which was right in the cannelure. I used 240 grain xtp and 300 grain xtp with the Winchester large rifle magnum primer. The part of the directions that tells you how to crimp isn't very clear so I went on YouTube and found a video that suggested you turn in you die one half turn past the point the die meets your brass. When I fired the first round it seemed like quite a bit more recoil than the factory loads and it was hard to get out of the wheel.
This is where the fired rounds start to bind putting them back in.


Primers



Loaded round

Is this too much crimp or did I make a different mistake? Is there a trick to setting crimp?
 
crimp does not really impact recoil and hard extraction so much.
you are possibly over max, or something else.
as far as I am concerned, your crimp looks fine.

sized cases fit well all the way in?
loaded rounds fit fine in the barrel?

give us your exact load data please
OAL with each bullet, and load data with each bullet.
hdy book recommends WLR, not WLRM also.

Where did you get your data from?

Did you make a mistake and use 41 grains + the magnum primer with the 300gn bullets ? Thats over max, especially if you kept the same OAL with the heavier bullets.
But you didnt give us your loading data so how can we actually help..

If you aint sure, pull one of the rounds and weight powder.
 
Pressure signs (don't see any from your pics) and velocity waaay over published data would be indicators. Chrony's are a must for developing SAFE highpower loads. I reload for .460S&W as well but never use mag rifle primers.
 
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