How are Lee carbide dies?

[scythefwd]

chris - I'm running a cz also. It may be a tight chamber, which can cause issues with "large" rounds. The post sizing that is done on withdrawal from the die may be smoothing out your flare more than you thought. I hear that reducing the flair just a hair or two can fix that when using a normal taper die. I'm worried about the other end of the round though... bulged case heads in a fully supported chamber that is tight.
1k - it is, but it performs post sizing which can crush the base of the bullet and reduce neck tension on bore riding bullets like the golden sabre.

 

[GP100man]

FCD , Roll crimp , taper crimp .

It`s confusing & hard to keep straight

Roll crimp = forcing the case mouth into a bevel inside the die & bending the case mouth into a groove or cannelure , thus called "roll"

FCD= the bullet being seated prior to being inserted into a sleeve then the sleeve hitting the shoulder pushing the sleeve up into the die which "squeezes a small ring straight into the groove or cannelure.

TAPER = just that the round is forced into a die with no moving parts , some may now , but mine don`t , & basically bending the case flare back into a straight configuration & insureing any nondemisional bulges are ironed out so autos will have less or no Failure to Chamber faults.

If my preception of the tools I have is wrong , someone please feel free to correct, or if needed add to it .

 

[Walkalong]

FCD= the bullet being seated prior to being inserted into a sleeve then the sleeve hitting the shoulder pushing the sleeve up into the die which "squeezes a small ring straight into the groove or cannelure.

This is the FCD for rifles, which is completely different than the FCD for pistols which has a post sizing ring and either roll or taper crimps depending on the caliber.

The FCD for pistols crimps pretty much like any other pistol die crimper. The difference is the post sizing ring, which is where the debate begins. I am not a fan of the post sizing for 99% of reloading.

 

[mdi]

scythefwd. My sizing dies take care of any buldges I encounter (but then I don't reload .40 brass shot in Glocks). I have reloaded a ton of once fired brass in .45 ACP (not really a ton but mebbe 2 - 3 thousand?) purchased from Once Fired Brass and L.E.O. Brass so I get brass shot in a wide vatiety of guns. I use a tarper crimp die to straighten out the mouth, NOT a crimp, (I load mostly lead 225 RN) and shoot them in my RIA 1911 and my Ruger P90. I don't have problems with chambering and use the "plunk" test for seating depth. Works for me and has for a long time...

 

[Redneck with a 40]

I have 5 sets of Lee carbide dies, no complaints with any of them. Excellent dies for the money.

 

[scythefwd]

mdi - good to know. I know some people have issues with glock-ed brass, and with a fully supported chamber that is tight I just assumed that I would be more likely than not to encounter the issue. Granted, not all glock-ed brass is that bad... but the HOT loads seem to have more issues than others (buffalo bore, etc.)