I am having a hard time getting the bullet into the sizing hole on the die in my RCBS lube sizer. I shave the nose with the top punch or get the base of the bullet hung up on the edge of the hole in the die.
I have tried putting the bullet into the hole and lowering the top punch and about one in ten I don’t have the top punch lined up right, probably because the bullet with or without gas check is slightly cocked in the die hole. I have both plain base (flat) and gas check bullets from NOE.
I have tried inserting the nose into the top punch first and then using the lube sizer handle to lower the bullet to the hole. It gets hung up on the die edge quite often and probably bends the bullet.
LLA works fine for my light loads but does not shoot as well as lubed bullets at about 1400 fps which is reasonably accurate out to 200 yards. I do not want to powder coat.
Does anyone have any trick to getting a plain base of gas checked 22 cal. bullet sized without messing up about one in ten.
I think my main problem is that I can’t really see because my fat fingers are in the way.