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Offline Jason F

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140 ftx bullets in 357 max
« on: September 09, 2011, 05:45:23 AM »
Anybody ever loaded these, do you trim the brass off or leave it full length, I am loading these for my handi rifle,all the ftx data says trim brass down
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Re: 140 ftx bullets in 357 max
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2011, 07:09:20 AM »

Trimming brass for FTX bullets is only required for leverguns and revolvers as stated in the load note, longer COLs are not normally a problem in a single shot.

Tim

http://www.hornady.com/assets/files/ftx_load_data/357MagFTXRifle.pdf
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