sniper
06-16-2008, 11:34 PM
Loading a few CBs today. just a few to see what works best, etc.
Well, all was fine until I got to a batch of commercial cast bullets I'd bought from a local hero a few years ago.
I had just finished successfully crimping my cast 162gr. GC boolitz, and they all chambered with no problem. I figured I would use my die set's seating/crimp die, which worked fine for my 162 gr. ,instead of my taper crimp die, which I used for the Berry and Hornady boolits.
Then I loaded the commercial cast 158 gr., SWCs, and used what I think is a medium crimp, just a little tighter than where I could just see the crimp at all. Well, 3/4 of them would not chamber.
I got out my carbide sizer die, and gently squoze the cartridge mouths in it. Problem solved!
I figure the crimp, as minimal as it was, had buckled the case mouth slightly, causing the over diameter, and subsequent failure to chamber. As I recall, these bullets were involved in similar problems some time ago.
I think I will just melt them down for cbs, and be done with it. None of my other bullets...Berry 125gr. plated, Hornady 158gr. swaged HP, or my 162gr. SWC...caused the least problem. Is there something I am missing, here?
Well, all was fine until I got to a batch of commercial cast bullets I'd bought from a local hero a few years ago.
I had just finished successfully crimping my cast 162gr. GC boolitz, and they all chambered with no problem. I figured I would use my die set's seating/crimp die, which worked fine for my 162 gr. ,instead of my taper crimp die, which I used for the Berry and Hornady boolits.
Then I loaded the commercial cast 158 gr., SWCs, and used what I think is a medium crimp, just a little tighter than where I could just see the crimp at all. Well, 3/4 of them would not chamber.
I got out my carbide sizer die, and gently squoze the cartridge mouths in it. Problem solved!
I figure the crimp, as minimal as it was, had buckled the case mouth slightly, causing the over diameter, and subsequent failure to chamber. As I recall, these bullets were involved in similar problems some time ago.
I think I will just melt them down for cbs, and be done with it. None of my other bullets...Berry 125gr. plated, Hornady 158gr. swaged HP, or my 162gr. SWC...caused the least problem. Is there something I am missing, here?