ajeaton
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I don't have a question, just an interesting story.
My first reloading session did not go so well. I have a Hornady LNL AP press reloading .45 ACP. My die setup went as follows: decap/resize, expander, powder charge, powder cop, and seater. I setup each die in order, and everything went well until I got to the seater die.
I am using RCBS carbide dies. All other stations setup well enough but I could not get the bullet to seat properly. I would slowly adjust the die further down but could never get the bullet to seat right. I would pull the bullet and the bottom was just smashed. Instead of the bullet pushing down into the shell, the bullet was just staying at the expanded bell and just mashing up.
I had been doing so much research and reading about reloading, I think I had overloaded my brain with too much info. I was overthinking everything.
I discovered, that on my particular set of RCBS dies, that the bullet seater plug does not come inserted into the seater die, it come in a sealed bag. :banghead:
See the problem now? I was trying to seat with no seater plug installed, and instead was just crimping the hell out the bullet to the point of mangling the poor thing.
So guess what, installed the seater plug, and it worked like a champ. So, you live, you learn, you mash a few bullets.
My first reloading session did not go so well. I have a Hornady LNL AP press reloading .45 ACP. My die setup went as follows: decap/resize, expander, powder charge, powder cop, and seater. I setup each die in order, and everything went well until I got to the seater die.
I am using RCBS carbide dies. All other stations setup well enough but I could not get the bullet to seat properly. I would slowly adjust the die further down but could never get the bullet to seat right. I would pull the bullet and the bottom was just smashed. Instead of the bullet pushing down into the shell, the bullet was just staying at the expanded bell and just mashing up.
I had been doing so much research and reading about reloading, I think I had overloaded my brain with too much info. I was overthinking everything.
I discovered, that on my particular set of RCBS dies, that the bullet seater plug does not come inserted into the seater die, it come in a sealed bag. :banghead:
See the problem now? I was trying to seat with no seater plug installed, and instead was just crimping the hell out the bullet to the point of mangling the poor thing.
So guess what, installed the seater plug, and it worked like a champ. So, you live, you learn, you mash a few bullets.