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January 25th, 2010, 10:59 PM #11Member
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Re: what went wrong? pics included
my loaded rounds measure 0.4195" right at the end of the brass near the exposed part of the bullet tip and 0.4165" at the back end of the brass.
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January 25th, 2010, 11:02 PM #12
Re: what went wrong? pics included
If you crimp as a separate step, you don't want the seater to perform any crimp. The instructions you mention for the seater sound a little strange. Ordinarily you would place a belled case in the shellholder, raise the ram, and then screw in the seater die (with the seating depth adjustment backed off all the way) until you could just feel the die make its first contact with the case. Tighten the lock ring and lower the ram. Now go on to adjusting the seating depth. Are you sure the directions don't mention having a case in the shellholder when you make the adjustment?
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January 25th, 2010, 11:08 PM #13Member
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January 25th, 2010, 11:10 PM #14
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January 25th, 2010, 11:15 PM #15
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I don't use Lee dies (I like the Hornady stuff but six of one . . .) so I don't want to steer you wrong but here is a video right off the Lee website.
http://www.leeprecision.com/html/Hel...bs%20die-1.wmv
You might want to give Lee a call to get clarification on which instructions they want followed (and they should correct whichever one is not right).
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January 25th, 2010, 11:23 PM #17
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Looks like you did'nt open up the case mouth enough before seating the bullet, or may have to much crimp, or both.
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January 25th, 2010, 11:25 PM #18Member
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Re: what went wrong? pics included
now thats some shit. i even just checked for the 3rd time and there is no mention of using a case in my written instructions that come in the die box. i'll try it with the case like the video as soon as i get some more bullet tips but. this was my first set of lee dies and i think it just might be my last if they arent even sure how they want you to set them up
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January 25th, 2010, 11:27 PM #19
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The die settings are a ballpark start.
Back it out until you can see it just taking out the flare. Perfect neutral "crimping" is the diameter of the bullet and then add for the thickness of the brass on both sides....usually about .010. My .40 loads are .422 at the casing edge at the bullet. .419 is pretty tight. Not too tight if the seating is already done, but enough to possibly cause issues if you tooling around with depth at this point.
I use a Lee U die to size. It is undersized and eliminates setback without having to crimp any farther than removing flare. My loaded rounds are .416 mid casing.
LycantrythatthropeLast edited by Lycanthrope; January 26th, 2010 at 12:00 AM. Reason: Wrong casing measurement (darn decimals)....thanks for the correction.
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January 25th, 2010, 11:28 PM #20Member
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Re: what went wrong? pics included
i have no crimp as stated above.
its either the case mouth isnt open far enough like you and others have said or now possibly also the seating die being setup impropperly due to lee saying to set the seating die without a case in the written instructions that came with their dies (which i followed completely) and then showing a video on their site stating to use a sized case to setup the die.
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