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Pistol Reloading Question
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<blockquote data-quote="billm67" data-source="post: 1147815" data-attributes="member: 29756"><p>One other little bit of info. If you are planning on using lead or hard cast bullets...invest in a Lee dedicated crimp die. Seating a bullet and crimping is in one step often shaves a small (or sometimes large) shavings of the bullet depending on how much crimp you put into the rounds. On any big bore magnum loads you will want a pretty good crimp to avoid the bullets being set back when other rounds in the cylinder a fired. I have seen 44 mag loads where there was too little crimp and by the time the first five rounds have been fired the bullet on the sixth round had set back pretty significantly. This can create excessive pressure. Using a separate crimp die will let you crimp the bullet after it has been seated. This eliminates the shavings and lets you put a good crimp in the rounds. The shavings just get to be a mess and can mike it a pain to load into the cylinder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="billm67, post: 1147815, member: 29756"] One other little bit of info. If you are planning on using lead or hard cast bullets...invest in a Lee dedicated crimp die. Seating a bullet and crimping is in one step often shaves a small (or sometimes large) shavings of the bullet depending on how much crimp you put into the rounds. On any big bore magnum loads you will want a pretty good crimp to avoid the bullets being set back when other rounds in the cylinder a fired. I have seen 44 mag loads where there was too little crimp and by the time the first five rounds have been fired the bullet on the sixth round had set back pretty significantly. This can create excessive pressure. Using a separate crimp die will let you crimp the bullet after it has been seated. This eliminates the shavings and lets you put a good crimp in the rounds. The shavings just get to be a mess and can mike it a pain to load into the cylinder. [/QUOTE]
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