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So it looks like I mush have flaired the case mouth too much. i fired the round wit the sliding bullet. I checked it in the chamber to make sure it didnt get pushed down before firing. I had the...

All of the rest of the bullets are sized correct. Thats why I only bought 100 to test!

Oce fired. Sized and deprimed. This is the Leee 4 die set for 45acp. None of my die are mixed up.

I loaded six RP brass in the batch and all of the these are tight. I held the rounds in my hand and squeezed as hard as I could with my thumb and index finger and the bullets did not move. Maybe...

.450 to .465 is the belling die. Not sure how that is a problem. The case has to be belled more that .451 so the bullet will start.

I have loaded 1200 45 acps with no problems using cast 230 gr and some FMJ 185 Hps. I ordered 100 Rainer plated bullets 200 gr RN from Midway. I had two that didn’t load tight.

One of them I...

I've been loading 230 grain ball commercial cast bullets with 5.2 grains of Universal powder. There is always a bit of unburned powder flakes in the breach and barrel.

Why is it not burning? I'm...

I was using a caliper. Maybe it is the caliper.

I have some commercial cast bullets from 3 different suppliers and only one has bullets sized as advertised.

.356 sized bullets are actually .358 and .358 sized are actually. 360.

.452 sized...

I have the Lee 4 die set. I see the 3rd seating die can be screwed down to crimp the bullet. I wish i had know that before buying the 4 die sets. I didn’t know the factory crimp would cause problems...

Geez wrong thread I posted in!

I have the Lee 4 die set. I see the 3rd seating die can be screwed down to crimp the bullet. I wish i had know that before buying the 4 die sets. I didn’t know the factory crimp would cause problems...

So do I need a taper crimp die? I dont think the bullet seating die crimps the case. Or is the press fit good enough for 9mm and 45 ACP ?

Thanks for the welcome!


Yes thats right .350 land and groove .358

I also have the lee factory crimp die. Should I be using this die? I think it squeezes the bullet and brass down to factory...

Both my LC9 and Sig p228 are leading.


I bought some 125 gr cast bullets from Mid Atlantic Bullets. These are 18 BHN with a yellow hard lub.

I am using Universal clays and using data from my...