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Reloading pistol lead bullets
cramer
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I need a little help. i have loaded 44-40 for several years now and now when i seat the lead bullet i get slivers of lead down the neck of the case. i can scrap it off with my finger nail but when you load 500 the starts to get the thumb nail a bit sore. I did use magtech bullets they are a dark in color compared to what i have been using and they do not have the gas check. did i just buy cheap stuff and now paying for it? or do i need to change something in my process?
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Comments
You need to inside chamfer case mouths for lead bullets and bell the mouths slightly.
Your expanding plug may be for jacketed bullets. If so, get one that will bell case mouths.
Some commercially cast bullets have beveled bases so you might get away without belling case mouths and just a light chamfer inside
the case mouth.
In the ACP round theirs nothing like a good taper crimp die.