I had a buddy that had reloaded pistol rounds but hadn't tried rifle rounds. He kept complaining about not getting consistent powder loads into his rifle brass & his bullets would sometimes crush his brass when trying to set them.
I went over to his house & just stood behind him & watched.
I told him first off you are using your crimp die as a powder through die.
He said what's a crimp die? That's a powder through die because it has a hole all the way through.
I had him put his good reading glasses on then showed him how the crimp die works.
I told him about half your powder is still sitting inside your crimp die & you are just catching the edge of your longer brass, that gives it a crimp before you set your bullet, that's what's crushing your brass. (thank goodness his crimp die wasn't set up right or he wouldn't have gotten the first round done)
I set him down & went back through setting his dies up in his turret press. Just because he can reload pistol rounds doesn't mean he can use the same process to load rifle.
Teaching him about crimped primer pocket brass was another headache. LOL
I went over to his house & just stood behind him & watched.
I told him first off you are using your crimp die as a powder through die.
He said what's a crimp die? That's a powder through die because it has a hole all the way through.
I had him put his good reading glasses on then showed him how the crimp die works.
I told him about half your powder is still sitting inside your crimp die & you are just catching the edge of your longer brass, that gives it a crimp before you set your bullet, that's what's crushing your brass. (thank goodness his crimp die wasn't set up right or he wouldn't have gotten the first round done)
I set him down & went back through setting his dies up in his turret press. Just because he can reload pistol rounds doesn't mean he can use the same process to load rifle.
Teaching him about crimped primer pocket brass was another headache. LOL
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