WolverineFury
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Apparently we all don't know. Cause as far as I knew 9mm were straight walled... Oh well, I guess it will be explained in the reloading manual.
ljnowell says don't buy the 4 die set, I say YES do buy it.
The 4th die serves 2 purposes.
First it's a crimp die, this allows you to seat & crimp in 2 steps.
I've found it MUCH easier to adjust the dies seating & crimping in 2 steps.
the 2nd is that it has a carbide ring that helps take out any "bulges" in a round of ammo.
If the dies are seated properly there won't be any bulges, but I still prefer to seat & crimp in 2 steps.
(rather than seat & crimp with one die)
For many, 9mm is lumped in with straight-walled cases, but technically it's tapered just a bit.
Using a calipers, measure the width at the rim, middle & bullet end, you'll see it's tapered a bit
FCD will swage your cast lead bullets undersize and give you horrible leading. It will. Try it.
Thats why I said to buy a 3 die set and purchase a second seat/crimp die. Serves the exact same purpose, you just unscrew the seating stem from it. It becomes a crimp only die.
No offense intended , Sexy.
200 rds a day wouldnt be impossible once you get everything setup, but I think 150 is probably the max I would want to put out in a day with my LCT. I've probably done about 12 sessions and Im up to about a hundred per sitting. I dont think I want to go much faster because I really enjoy it (and dont want to use up all of my components also). .