Thomas Traddles
03-10-2014, 09:12 PM
Greetings,
I cast my first boolits today (38 spcl wadcutters from a RCBS 148 DEWC mould) and loaded some dummy rounds to get the hang of the press (Hornady LNL single stage) and the Lee Dies for 38/357. I have some questions that maybe the more experienced can help me with.
First, the powder through expander die catches the case on the down stroke, but loads smoothly enough on the up stroke. Anybody have this problem before and can you point me to a solution?
Secondly, the seating and crimpling die (which is not a factory crimp die) does not load without guiding the bullet and case to fit and then it shaves and dings my boolits. What might be causing this difficulty?
Thanks for your help.
T
I cast my first boolits today (38 spcl wadcutters from a RCBS 148 DEWC mould) and loaded some dummy rounds to get the hang of the press (Hornady LNL single stage) and the Lee Dies for 38/357. I have some questions that maybe the more experienced can help me with.
First, the powder through expander die catches the case on the down stroke, but loads smoothly enough on the up stroke. Anybody have this problem before and can you point me to a solution?
Secondly, the seating and crimpling die (which is not a factory crimp die) does not load without guiding the bullet and case to fit and then it shaves and dings my boolits. What might be causing this difficulty?
Thanks for your help.
T