Originally Posted by
Soundguy
You are over thinking this 10,000%
Most rimmed cases get a light roll crimp, most rimless or rebated get a taper.
A little dab will do ya. Too much crimp leads to shortened case life due to case mouth cracks.
Rimmed cases like 38spl are among the easiest to load.
No problem with seat and crimp in one stage, just figure out what you are doing. Many that seat and crimp in separate stages never learned how to do it good in one stage.
You dont need a fcd.
Using the correct level and type of crimp makes for good, uniform, duplicatable ammo.