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44 magnum 3 die set or 4?
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<blockquote data-quote="rooster721" data-source="post: 2679517" data-attributes="member: 40654"><p>Only time I find the separate crimp dies handy myself is when you're going back n forth between cast & jacketed bullets, or while doing lots of development and load work up with different bullets. Each differently designed bullet requires a different degree of crimp most often in a different location, so the separate die makes it easier to adjust vs readjusting an all in one seater-crimper die everytime you change a bullet. A cast generally calls for a very heavy crimp, and a jacketed bullet like an xtp or a-frame requires a very light crimp ... changing the lockring on a single seater-crimper die to change crimp severity between bullet types means the seat stem and crimp location changes a small degree too, and throws out OAL settings each time you move it. It becomes a pain in the *** to set & reset all the time.</p><p></p><p>I personally keep a seater-crimper set for my most used cast load, applying a heavy crimp, and have an adjustable seater-only die I use for various random bullets in conjunction with the crimp only die. That extra step system makes the setting and resetting of dies & lockrings less necessary for a guy's favourite loads and the loads you just play or experiment with ... you never lose a good setting that way</p><p></p><p>Hopefully makes sense</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rooster721, post: 2679517, member: 40654"] Only time I find the separate crimp dies handy myself is when you're going back n forth between cast & jacketed bullets, or while doing lots of development and load work up with different bullets. Each differently designed bullet requires a different degree of crimp most often in a different location, so the separate die makes it easier to adjust vs readjusting an all in one seater-crimper die everytime you change a bullet. A cast generally calls for a very heavy crimp, and a jacketed bullet like an xtp or a-frame requires a very light crimp ... changing the lockring on a single seater-crimper die to change crimp severity between bullet types means the seat stem and crimp location changes a small degree too, and throws out OAL settings each time you move it. It becomes a pain in the *** to set & reset all the time. I personally keep a seater-crimper set for my most used cast load, applying a heavy crimp, and have an adjustable seater-only die I use for various random bullets in conjunction with the crimp only die. That extra step system makes the setting and resetting of dies & lockrings less necessary for a guy's favourite loads and the loads you just play or experiment with ... you never lose a good setting that way Hopefully makes sense [/QUOTE]
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