Thread: Crimping and it's effect on accuracy.

I wouldn’t crimp any bolt action rifle loads there is no point and it is in my experience slightly less accurate works the brass harder and therefore decreasing case life
I would crimp rifle loads for semi auto rifles
I would/do crimp pistol/ pistol cartridge loads for rifles
I put a very light crimp on my bpcr loads as the brass is not sized at all so the bullet is simply placed in with little or no neck tension
The light crimp is to just stop the bullet from falling out but can still be pulled out by hand if you wanted