tegemu
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To achieve the smoothest, most positive feeding of my 45ACP rounds, which would be best, Taper Crimp or Factory Crimp? Or is there a crimp that this neophyte is unaware of? Thank You.
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BigSlick
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tegemu said:
Taper crimp, just enough to remove the belling.
Lot's of folks use the FCD, I have one but rarely use it. Only to iron out screw ups when I don't want to pull a bullet. If the FCD will allow a round to chamber that otherwise wouldn't, it tells me I need to properly adjust my dies or examine my components.
Millions upon millions of 45 ACP rounds were loaded and fired before the FCD was invented. A lot of people use them, with good success. If you're using a Lee 4 die set, I would definitely use the FCD as a crimp die rather than attempt to seat and crimp in one step.
The screw adjustment is a handy feature, not all crimp dies offer the same convenience. Redding does, but they cost twice as much as a Lee set.
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Lennyjoe
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Lee FCD here as well. Just a pinch and thats all.
308win
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I have used (and use) both RCBS taper crimp and Lee FCD. Both work fine. If you are using a taper crimp die you want to just remove the case mouth bell that the expander die creates to allow seating of the bullet. Set your expander die to just create a very slight case mouth bell. I shoot a lot of National Bullet 200gr lswc and have never had a failure to feed or malfunction attributable to the case/bullet. Don't ask about the couple of squibs because the case didn't get charged; now I eyeball every round before the bullet is seated.
The Bushmaster
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No crimp here...I don't bell them anymore then is necessary to start jacketed bullets (I don't load lead unless it has a copper jacket). when finished seating the bullet the bell is gone...
Sunray
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Taper. Nothing else works as reliably.
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