I have done just that, more than once. I have had mostly OK results but on occasion, when there waswrightcrew wrote:My question is......is it okay to shorten the OAL on the loaded rounds using the bullet seating die? If so, should I run them through the factory crimp die again after the adjustment?
Thanks in advance!
a heavy crimp, seating deeper has caused lead or jacket material to peel back a bit. In that case I pulled
the bullets.
Try seating a few to see if you encounter any problems due to the crimp.
If not then you can do them all that way.
And as suggested, recrimp them at the new depth.
But if you do have problems with the jacket then you may have to pull the bullets, save the powder,
re-bell the case mouth, reload the powder, reseat to new depth, and then crimp. Not horrible but a bit of
work.
Good luck and let us know how it works out.
Kind Regards,
Tom