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As others have said, get your bullet seating depth correct before attempting to do any crimping i.e. back off your seating die so it doesn't crimp and then seat a bullet, adjusting the seating stem...

I've melted down good shot of a size a didn't want anymore but it needs some tin adding as shot doesn't usually have tin in the mix. This helps the alloy fill out in the mold.

Don't laugh too loud, can do things with cast bullets in a small lathe. My mould for 404 cast bullets is plain based but I can turn a gas check shoulder on the base of them at the rate of over 100 in...

Mine is a grey Lyman 450 too. I just direct a hair dryer at it for 10 or 15 mins, turn off and it will stay warm for quite a while while I lube and size. Only thing I have replaced in the several...

I flux and skim the dross only with the ladle. The dross stays in the ladle and alloy drains out when the pot is skimmed properly.

I use a Lyman pot and ladle and they both stay nice and clean. Changed the ladle handle to pour left handed and I just put it in the melt to heat up. When the alloy doesn't stick to it I'm up to...

I use kids wax crayons for colouring lube, blue is a good standout colour (some crayons today are plastic based so watch what you buy). I normally buy a good beewax based lube, heat in an clean empty...

I made cases for my 455 Webley as robert 12345 has outlined above. Simple task in a small lathe and no other work needed on the cases other than thinning the rims and cutting to length. I cast...

This discussion has got completely stupid, partially perpetrated by the OP. The OP asked a simple question as to what could be the cause of the faulty gas checks he is getting from his Free Chex III....

If the strip is hard back in the slot and you don't get cut outs as Retumbo shows then it is a faulty die, pure and simple no other explanation required, send the die back to have the slot correctly...

Bazoo you sound to have a sensible approach to reloading. I don't know what loader you have but an adjustable powder charge bar is a real advantage as this allows you to carefully match published...

Yes but shot is not measured by weight when reloading shotshells it is measured by volume and as some have correctly said that volume, a shot bush in the charge bar, is made to throw an average...

Shouldn't be any problem melting shot, I did about 10kgs of a shot size i didn't need anymore and it melted just like any other lead alloy I've used. It was Winchester extra hard chilled shot which...

For the record, removing material from the base of a die to remedy tight chambering cases is not the way to go. Most often it is the base of the case that is contained in the shell holder that needs...

Yes I know Leupold and others do make IER scopes but back when I bought my M8 2x EER scope I don't think they made the IER scopes. Anyway the main reason I went with the EER pistol scope was that it...

The scout scope does have advantages over a reflex type sight, a magnified picture, a fine aiming point and much superior for working up loads on targets. The scope can be used with one eye shut as...

Yes same as fuel mix ratios where 50:1 two stroke fuel is 100mls oil in 5 litres petrol i.e. 5.1 litres 2 stroke mix

Casting lead mix can also be expressed in percentages such as Lyman #2 which...

The Lyman 450 threaded sleeve is 3/8" x 16 tpi and 1&3/8" long. I dropped my 450 when stripping down to remove rust and gunk after a friend had it on loan for several years and (fortunately) it...

You do not speak in cruel jest, I do this very thing to turn a gas check shoulder on cast bullets for my 404J after they are thrown as plain base from my mould. Being a nose pour Hoch mould the...

The dies actually seat on a taper a bit like an auto engine valve and seat. Taking a thou off the flat bottom off the die will have no effect whatsoever to the seating of the die. Taking a thou off...

Using my method (same as Dusty's) I use my PH yellow rod which I think is 30cal and it fits snuggly in both my 6.5 or 7mm barrels. Without a jag on the end it has a threaded flat end which when put...

The OP asked for tips or tricks for determining maximum COAL without destroying brass or needing to use tools purchased for this. Dusty B answered the question perfectly and is the only method I use....

My supply of 7mm gas checks are the old Lyman brass ones and they have always crimped, sized and shot fine. Haven't noticed any difference in handling and performance from copper ones used for other...

Make the change to Imperial Sizing Wax and all your tight or stuck case problems will disappear. Lanolin is okay as a lube if you aren't trying to do much sizing or forming but it is a bare minimum....

Sorry I did not get back sooner,

I trimmed my 45LC cases off at 0.885" which with w 250gr Hornady jacketed bullet crimped in the cannelure gave a COAL of 1.206".

I thinned the rims to...