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Thread: .38 Special Lee Loader info needed

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    Quote Originally Posted by John in WI View Post
    ...have a little shaving of lead come off during seating.
    Flare the case mouth, just a little bit wider to receive the boolit base, before starting to seat the boolit, which should eliminate the shaving of lead. During boolit seating, the added flare should be eliminated by a slight taper crimp from the die.
    If it was easy, anybody could do it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TNsailorman View Post
    I have to agree with the Green Frog, depriming live primers is not a problem if done right. A wooden mallet, or leather mallet and light taps will do the job without setting a primer off. Just be sure to set your depriming shell holder on a wooden block ; I use a cut section of 2x4 for that. I have deprimed well over 200 hundred primed case of different calibers and have only set one or two off and that was many years ago when I first started reloading with a Lee Loader. The 2 I set off were in the priming process and not depriming. My expereince anyway, james
    I use a piece o 2x4 and an acrylic hammer to do it. Set one primer off in 30yrs, maybe but you remember the sound and fury. Scares the jeepers out of you
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    Your kit should have one of these, a flaring tool. You should be able to apply enough flare in the case mouth to seat cast bullets cleanly and straight. If not, use anything with a taper (I have used chisel or punch heads, and even a 30-06 case, or anything in my tool box or laying around the shop that is tapered to flare the case mouth). Trying to stuff a .357" piece of lead into a .354" tube is very difficult without some sort of "entry way"...

    https://leeprecision.com/flaring-tool-38.html
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    A deburring can also help
    https://leeprecision.com/chamfer-tool.html

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    I got one of those. I've tried to give it away to several folks, to get them into reloading, but have had no takers. Hoping to give it to a grandson when he turns 21.

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    Maybe "mike" the cast Bullet to see if it is oversize.
    Mayhap it needs a run through a Bullet sizing die to trim the outside diameter.
    I have Moulds that throw bullets .360 diameter for all 38s to include .S&W .358- .360 cases .
    I just size them down for regular .38s.
    But , easier to change to a smaller mold for smaller dia.Dia.

    Easier to check Bullet Dia. And either resize or use smaller Dia. Bullets.
    It goes without saying that you need to flare the cases first, but only enough for a regular sized bullet.
    No one seems to consider that the Bullet may be too big around.
    Slugs need to have outside diameter measured.
    If they are bigger than .359, they won't slide into the seat die, and flaring for slugs that big may not work.
    Will the bullets slide through the cylinder ?.
    Drive one through and then try measuring the Outer diameter.
    It may even seat in the case with a flared case of course.

    I have seen people collapse cases with oversize bullets and swear off reloading forever!
    You got to read reloading cast bullets book and try it again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sknhgy View Post
    I got one of those. I've tried to give it away to several folks, to get them into reloading, but have had no takers. Hoping to give it to a grandson when he turns 21.

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check