Palladan44
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Been reloading with the 550B for many years.
Have had outstanding success with many calibers. The most problems ive had are with the 10mm.
When seating, no matter what i do, the bullet sits in the case slightly crooked, leaving an obvious bulge on one side. It doesnt affect the round as far as specification, it still is in spec and still cycles and fires fine. Just cant figure out why it happens. Some may tell me, if it cycles and fires fine then why worry about it? But im a bit of a perfectionist and like my reloads to look flawless. Again, pick on me for it if you wish.
Secondly, when crimping, the crimp produces "brass dust" or "chaff" or whatever youd like to call it. It eventually galls up the crimp die where i have to clean it every 50 or so loads. It also gets in the revolving shellplate and makes its way back to the reprimer stud, sometimes leaving a dent in the back of a primer after repriming (like a grain of powder also can do. Ive replaced the die, and same thing happens. Case lube has little to no affect. I have no issues with other calibers with this. Only thing i can guess is the machine marks in the carbide die act like ridges in a file. Cant think of any other reason for this annoying, but not deal breaking phenomenon.
Have had outstanding success with many calibers. The most problems ive had are with the 10mm.
When seating, no matter what i do, the bullet sits in the case slightly crooked, leaving an obvious bulge on one side. It doesnt affect the round as far as specification, it still is in spec and still cycles and fires fine. Just cant figure out why it happens. Some may tell me, if it cycles and fires fine then why worry about it? But im a bit of a perfectionist and like my reloads to look flawless. Again, pick on me for it if you wish.
Secondly, when crimping, the crimp produces "brass dust" or "chaff" or whatever youd like to call it. It eventually galls up the crimp die where i have to clean it every 50 or so loads. It also gets in the revolving shellplate and makes its way back to the reprimer stud, sometimes leaving a dent in the back of a primer after repriming (like a grain of powder also can do. Ive replaced the die, and same thing happens. Case lube has little to no affect. I have no issues with other calibers with this. Only thing i can guess is the machine marks in the carbide die act like ridges in a file. Cant think of any other reason for this annoying, but not deal breaking phenomenon.