Recent content by RobS

I crimp in another stage and do not use a lee factory crimp die. There as been no crimp at all prior to pulling the bullets.

Are the Lyman M Dies better for cast bullets? I have read they are great for such bullets, but I always like to hear real world experience from other folks. Using my current expanding die, it appears that the bullet doesn't always seat straight due to the round belling on the case. As the...

I looked at the price on the two dies and the dillon is half as expensive as the redding. Ouch............ considering dillon has great quality and I just can't see redding producing a carbide die that is twice as "good". Having the large radius mouth, the dillon die will deliver the best...

Thanks for the replys; how much difference is the mouth openings between the dillon and the redding sizing dies? Is there any advantage one versus the other???

I've been reloading 454 and 45 colt cases with a RCBS carbide resizer and run into the problem of the brass hitting the mouth of the die as it enters for resizing. I reload on a progressive press and it is the nature of such a press to have more play with the brass on the shell plate especially...

I too have cast with the tumble lube design and have had no problems either. I simply don't like the mess of tumble lubing and hate cleaning my reloading dies every 150-200 loads. I have run commercial cast before no problems there either. Any more experiences with the Lyman 452374 225...

I have used different bullet lubes, soft and harder, such as White Label, Lyman Moly, and Jakes purple cercin bullet lubes so I don't think it is the lube. I have used other cast bullets in this gun and have had no problems with leading even reloading max loads so I don't believe it is the bore...

I have casted with the lee 228 grain RN bullet only to have leading at anything above 750-780 FPS. Everything is correct in regards to bullet diameter (sized and lubed to .452) and I have slugged my barrel (Springfield XD) to verify. In addition, my friend's 1911 45 auto does the same thing...

I agree that having multiple sources of load data is a good option so you can cross reference in case there is a miss print. I also see no problem with having only one manual and if it had to be one then I would look into the Lyman 48th or possibly the new 49th issue as this literature gives...

Like stated already it really turns into what you are willing to consider safe. I have used a single stage press which is the easiest/safest form of reloading, but slow for a person who shoots a lot every week. The turret press enables the same reloading proceedure of a single bullet from...

A Longer Post about Progressive Presses The progressive press is dedicated to those individuals who obviously either desire to reload in large volume or wish to reload at a higher speed; the two actually are interrelated. I often reload 600 to 1000 rounds at a time, but also at times reload a...

Loadmaster As stated the main differences are the extra stations and the ability to load larger rifle/pistol versus small rifle (223 etc)/pistol. I had looked into the 1000 but opted for the Loadmaster as I like to crimp in a different stage (454 casull reloader), reload large rifle, and liked...