41AE reloads

[gadabout]

I have been working on perfecting 41AE reloads as a lot don't want to chamber correctly. I am using Sierra 170g JHP and Lehigh 150g. Today I tried an old trick of using a 10MM taper crimp die to smooth out and reduce the case neck down a touch. Worked like a charm and I may test today but all rounds seem to chamber just fine and I know the round shoots.  The main problem with this is I have to use 41 mag dies as the 41AE dies don't exist anymore that I can find. If this works I would not need them anyway.  Taper crimp is always the answer!! Craig

[gadabout]

The ones that I knew would work did very well. The ones I didn't think would work didn't. I need to be careful on how much I squeeze these as some wrinkled the brass and wouldn't chamber. I know what I did wrong and can fix I think.  Craig

[TonyRumore]

I never had any problem loading for my 41AE using a set of Lee dies.  Though I don't really shoot it much anymore, my gun is an old small frame Tanfoglio.

Tony Rumore
Tromix

[gadabout]

I have the full size Tanfoglia in 41AE and it is a nice gun to shoot. My problems come from me not spending enough time on setting up to reload 41AE. When I do it right it works right.  Craig

[gadabout]

Loaded up 16 170g sierra JHP at 7.0g Power Pistol I will shoot tomorrow to test. The loading went real smooth as I took some time adjusting the dies ending with the 10mm taper crimp die. All came out very good. I did load 6 in the mag and ran them all through the chamber and it was smooth as glass. We will see tomorrow.  Craig

[gadabout]

Shot the reloaded 41AE loads and they were fine.  Also shot some of the Lehigh rounds and they were also fine.!! Case closed.  Craig