So I cast my 1st bullets and have finally had a chance to load this weekend. Went thru all of the steps to prep -
Lead- Cast the lead, lubed with Alox, dried on wax paper, (bought a Lee .452 resizer) resized several, set up my press.
Casings - Resized and de-primed several, set the expander die to max allowed and will still drop easily into my bullet guage.
Dry run/check - I loaded several making a few adjustments and out of the 1st 4-5 testers only 1 would drop in my bullet guage. The others would only drop most of the way down but stop at the extractor bevel. Been loading .452 for ACP for years and occasionally a few won’t drop all of the way in but usually due to a small nick in the rim but they always fire fine. I did run these dry testers through my pistol and there are no hang ups.
Through more head scratching, measuring, re-setting adjustments, etc I’m wondering if this is worth the headache.
All sizes check on calipers
.452 lead
.020 casing
.472-.473 final load overall - usually drop right in the guage
Maybe they’ll fire fine but wanted to see if there’s any answers. Am I missing something?