Lee slug and crimping

[stumpjumper]

Anyone have any idea why my crimper is crimping like it is

[Hogtamer]

Wad column seems a fraction high. A proper fold crimp requires about 7/16" from top of hull to top of payload.

[longbow]

What Hogtamer said and are you using any wad compression? Some wads will take a bit of a set when compressed or maybe it is more that softer legs will stay compressed and not push back against the crimp hard enough to bulge it.

Is that a recipe from a reloading manual? If so and you used all the specified components then crimp should be good.

Longbow

[jeepvet]

Are you more concerned about the corrugations in the edge of the crimp, the slight bulge in the center of the crimp or both?

[Moonie]

wad column is a little too high.

[stumpjumper]

They were new hulls. And I had them close to 7/16 inch from the top of the hull. What I was looking at was the corrugation around the top I tried adjusting the crimp starter and that didnt work out so well for me

[gpidaho]

What Hogtamer said and are you using any wad compression? Some wads will take a bit of a set when compressed or maybe it is more that softer legs will stay compressed and not push back against the crimp hard enough to bulge it.

Is that a recipe from a reloading manual? If so and you used all the specified components then crimp should be good.

Longbow

It depends on what manual your taking the data from.
In my experience not all loads listed in manuals fit with the components listed. Some, I believe, never went any farther than the computer screen and pressure data. It's not the usual thing, but I've found more than one load that doesn't come close to fitting with the components listed. Gp