Recent content by Kris C

That helps. I have been loading for a coulple of years now but always crimped. It was tearing my brass up and figured there had to be a better way. Even if you just lightly crimp it squeezes brass up and it has to be trimmed off everytime. Since I started not crimping I hardly have to trim...

Hi Jerry, In your article you say the Lee dies give you 4-5 thou neck tension. All my Lee dies are only 2 thou. down from the caliber. I took my 280 die and honed it down to .279 from .282 and I have really good neck tension now. Is this too much? With the 2 thou the die originally had I...

Thanks for the ideas. I will look into both of these suggestions. Right now the mandrel I have for the 284 is at 280 so I guess if you figure for spring back I have 3 thou neck tension. I will be shooting these this weekend and will see if their are any issues with accuracy. If so I will...

Brass has been fired 4 times. Not turning the necks. Have not checked the inner diameter. What tool would you use for that? There is a fair amount of effort to seat the bullet now that I took that mandrel down .004. But I don't think too much. No cosmetic effect to the bullet. There is no...

I spoke with Lee today and told them I was having issues with neck tension on some of my loads. The mandrel in ever one of my dies is -.002 less than the caliber. The bullet is seated well but you can push it in if you want by hand. I did a test with loaded rounds in the magazine and one of...

That is really what I was looking for. Chrony told me the only way to check if my unit was good was to go by the published load data. Well, if it's off one would think the unit is bad if all other variables are there. No, pressure signs at all. I am waiting for a new stock for the 257 and...

I am getting readings on my chrony that are 100 fps lower than published data. Sometimes more. Using same bullet, powder,primer and barrel length(257 WB). I contacted Chrony and they insisted that the unit does not need to be calibrated except every 10 years if that. Does anyone know of a...