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help with 44mag again...
goldeneagle76
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I know the overall length has to be under 1.610. With the XTP bullets, how far do you usually seat them? They have that crimped ring around the bullet, is that where you seat it to? I ran a couple blank rounds through the press and they come out at 1.60 but there is still some of the ring showing. Does that matter?
How heavy of a crimp needs to go on the 44? I'll post a pic of what the rounds are looking like, maybe you guys could better understand from them.
Pic is a little blurry but if you can help me out I'd appreciate it.
How heavy of a crimp needs to go on the 44? I'll post a pic of what the rounds are looking like, maybe you guys could better understand from them.
Pic is a little blurry but if you can help me out I'd appreciate it.
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Although, I'm using the rounds for hunting so I'd rather take my time and get them right.
Also realized the Lee Factory crimp is uselss on these...it just buckled the brass out of shape even at a light setting. The seating die seems to be crimping just right.
I've been reloading for about 20yrs and all i've ever used is a single stage RCBS rockcrusher press. So I cant comment on a dillon. I do my reloading in my spare time and I always seem to have enuf ammo around. I load for 9mm,40S&W, 38spl, 357mag, 41mag,44spl,44mag and as you know started 45acp recently. I just pop a die in change a shell holder and go. I'm sure if I had the funds to get a Dillon progressive and all the hardware, I'd be a happy man. I'd rather use the cash for guns than equipment at this time. My setup works just fine for me. But to each his own.[;)]
Exactly why I went with the Lee Classic 4 turret press. Heard it was reliable, a little faster than a single stage but did not want to spend enormous amounts of money on a Dillon. I'm like you, would rather put it towards new firearms. Should have gone with the Rockcrusher looking back now though. Oh well, hind sight...
goldeneagle, the Lee crimp die is for .44 special and .44 magnum; you have to screw it out a bunch in the .44 magnum to keep from "over crimping" and crushing the case. Once you set the length correctly, it crimps very nicely.
You do not NEED to use the factory crimp die do you? I've only been using the seater die and it seems to be crimping nicely. As per picture on my first post.
What is you technique for using the LEE disk powder measure. I have one mounted on my LEE 1000 progressive press and I give it two knocks twice for each stroke of the lever. I am loading 9mm Para and 9mm Largo using W231 and if I don't rap on the powder measure I will get an occaisional under charge of powder. I manually feed cases and bullets so I rap the measure when I load a case and I rap the measure when I load the bullet and doing that along with carefully feeling for primer seating I can make a lot of good ammo. If I skip any of these detail I can get a lot of bad ammo.
Back to the disk measure, if and when I set up to load .357 (I have a Dan Wesson model 15) I expect to use H110 or maybe not now that you say you have had problems, 1 grain variablility is a huge problem for me on a 21 grain H110 load.
Do you do anything to settle the powder between each cycle???
TIA
Tim
GE76
What is you technique for using the LEE disk powder measure. I have one mounted on my LEE 1000 progressive press and I give it two knocks twice for each stroke of the lever. I am loading 9mm Para and 9mm Largo using W231 and if I don't rap on the powder measure I will get an occaisional under charge of powder. I manually feed cases and bullets so I rap the measure when I load a case and I rap the measure when I load the bullet and doing that along with carefully feeling for primer seating I can make a lot of good ammo. If I skip any of these detail I can get a lot of bad ammo.
Back to the disk measure, if and when I set up to load .357 (I have a Dan Wesson model 15) I expect to use H110 or maybe not now that you say you have had problems, 1 grain variablility is a huge problem for me on a 21 grain H110 load.
Do you do anything to settle the powder between each cycle???
TIA
Tim
IMO, I think Lee powder measures just have a problem with H110 type powders. But I have it mounted on my 4 turret classic press. With Win231, it was dead on every time. Just pulled the lever down and on the way up it would "knock" like it is intended to do...did not need to do anything else. I've tried all kinds of methods with the H110 and nothing has worked yet. Had a disk in that was supposed to kick out 22.3grains...it was kickin out a little more than 21, then 23, etc. All over the place.