rwebster71
Member
Hi all - I've been reloading for about 15 years now, lots of different rounds. I cast some 9mm boolits last week and started to reload some but ran into a problem that I need expert advice on. Where better to come than here!
Here's what I'm running:
I tried lessening the bullet taper crimp on the factory crimp die, but them the boolit is pretty loose in the brass (I can spin it easily in the case, and could have probably pulled it out by hand if I tried).
I was thinking that I'm over taper crimping, but that shouldn't change how the cast boolit is hanging up in the breach/bore. Anyhow, I'm pulling my hair out (what little I have left). Any ideas here? Appreciate any help y'all can give me. Thank you!
Here's what I'm running:
- Dillon XL650 press
- Dillon Decapping die
- RCBS bullet seating die
- Lee 6-Cavity Bullet Mold 356-125-2R 9mm Luger, 38 Super, 380 ACP (356 Diameter) 125 Grain 2 Ogive Radius
- Lee Precision Carbide Factory Crimp Die for 9mm Luger (90860)
- 70% wheel weights for lead / 30% straight lead, cast, then water dropped
- Bullet seats inside brass on station 4, but brass swells out a bit where the bullet seats
- On station 5 with the factory resize die, everything shrinks down nicely, visually
- Take fully loaded round and it will NOT drop into the Lyman 9mm Case Length/Headspace Gauge. Goes in about 90% of the way
I tried lessening the bullet taper crimp on the factory crimp die, but them the boolit is pretty loose in the brass (I can spin it easily in the case, and could have probably pulled it out by hand if I tried).
I was thinking that I'm over taper crimping, but that shouldn't change how the cast boolit is hanging up in the breach/bore. Anyhow, I'm pulling my hair out (what little I have left). Any ideas here? Appreciate any help y'all can give me. Thank you!