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<blockquote data-quote="JunkYardDog" data-source="post: 194978" data-attributes="member: 10215"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Looks like you're exactly right about neck tension on my Lee die BB.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I've been getting ½ to ¾ inch spreads @ 100 yards with my reloads.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">But I noticed some brass was fitting tight in the chamber, and today I think I figured out why.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I think the die was set a bit too low and I was slightly crushing the body of the brass just below the neck while pressing.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">This set a whole process of re-tweaking die-height and bullet depth adjustments.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I also discarded several crushed cartridges.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The brass on factory rounds grip the bullet just below the knurled relief for crimping so it took several adjustments to get the brass to grab the bullet in the right place.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I'd appreciate any more advice or insights.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JunkYardDog, post: 194978, member: 10215"] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Looks like you're exactly right about neck tension on my Lee die BB.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I’ve been getting ½ to ¾ inch spreads @ 100 yards with my reloads.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]But I noticed some brass was fitting tight in the chamber, and today I think I figured out why.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I think the die was set a bit too low and I was slightly crushing the body of the brass just below the neck while pressing.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]This set a whole process of re-tweaking die-height and bullet depth adjustments.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I also discarded several crushed cartridges.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]The brass on factory rounds grip the bullet just below the knurled relief for crimping so it took several adjustments to get the brass to grab the bullet in the right place.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I’d appreciate any more advice or insights.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]:cool:[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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