NineBear
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I've been struggling with this for a while so I hope to get some help.
Specs: 9mm loading, Hornady single stage LNL press (9 months old).
Hornady New Dimension Nitride taper crimp dies (9 months old).
Brass: Once fired Blazer, WCC, F.C., Win, cleaned and primed with CCI & Win.
I size and prime my brass, test it in a case length guage, fits just fine.
I then give it a little flare, dump powder and seat my bullet. Check for
length, looks good so I drop it back into the case guage and nope, it does NOT fit.
I don't think its length, but possibly a diameter issue???. I'm looking at 1.095 OAL
and sometimes shorter, just doesn't matter it won't fit in the guage or barrel.
Some come close to fitting, some stick out by 1/16". I do plunk test and it also
fails. This happens 90% of the time with high shoulder projectiles like Nosler and
Xtreme Hollow points and maybe 30% of time with Hornady XTP, HAP, Xtreme RN's, etc..
Here is the rub....
I pull the bullet and dump the powder. I then resize the case again, this time with
several pulls of the handle (out of frustration). Drop back in the case guage and it
fits again. Use same flare, re-powder, seat same bullet or a new one (doesn't matter).
Drop it in case guage again, and Wham it fits like a dream. 95% repeatable, its driving
me nuts....
Anyone have the same experience OR maybe shed some light on my experience?
Specs: 9mm loading, Hornady single stage LNL press (9 months old).
Hornady New Dimension Nitride taper crimp dies (9 months old).
Brass: Once fired Blazer, WCC, F.C., Win, cleaned and primed with CCI & Win.
I size and prime my brass, test it in a case length guage, fits just fine.
I then give it a little flare, dump powder and seat my bullet. Check for
length, looks good so I drop it back into the case guage and nope, it does NOT fit.
I don't think its length, but possibly a diameter issue???. I'm looking at 1.095 OAL
and sometimes shorter, just doesn't matter it won't fit in the guage or barrel.
Some come close to fitting, some stick out by 1/16". I do plunk test and it also
fails. This happens 90% of the time with high shoulder projectiles like Nosler and
Xtreme Hollow points and maybe 30% of time with Hornady XTP, HAP, Xtreme RN's, etc..
Here is the rub....
I pull the bullet and dump the powder. I then resize the case again, this time with
several pulls of the handle (out of frustration). Drop back in the case guage and it
fits again. Use same flare, re-powder, seat same bullet or a new one (doesn't matter).
Drop it in case guage again, and Wham it fits like a dream. 95% repeatable, its driving
me nuts....
Anyone have the same experience OR maybe shed some light on my experience?