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I hadn't heard this before, so I thought I'd pass it along. I am confused.
I questioned LEE about inconsistent 9mm FMJ OALs with Lee 4-hole turret press and dies. I also questioned the turret 'flexing' up when seating bullets.
From PAT at LEE
"The best way I have found to set up the bullet seating die is as follows; Place a shellholder in the ram, and a sized empty case in the shellholder and raise the ram to the top of its stroke, then hold it there with one hand or brace your knee against the press lever, so you are sure the ram stays all the way up. Spin the bullet seating die down over the case, and keep turning until the die gets tight. You will notice that as you turn the die down tight against the case mouth, the turret will push up in the turret ring until it runs out of clearance. Now as long as your cases are trimmed to a uniform length and you push down firmly on the press lever, the case will push all the clearance out between the turret and turret ring."
From the Lee Bullet Seating Die instructions reads:
Screw the die in until it touches the case then back out 3 full turns. ----Adjust bullet seating depth with the adjusting screw----If crimp is desired then screw the die in slightly and test for desired crimp. "Excessive" crimp will cause the bullet seater to deform soft nose bullets.
My question to LEE was about FMJs, but wouldn't "Pat's" method cause a reeeeaally hard crimp?
What am I missing here????
I questioned LEE about inconsistent 9mm FMJ OALs with Lee 4-hole turret press and dies. I also questioned the turret 'flexing' up when seating bullets.
From PAT at LEE
"The best way I have found to set up the bullet seating die is as follows; Place a shellholder in the ram, and a sized empty case in the shellholder and raise the ram to the top of its stroke, then hold it there with one hand or brace your knee against the press lever, so you are sure the ram stays all the way up. Spin the bullet seating die down over the case, and keep turning until the die gets tight. You will notice that as you turn the die down tight against the case mouth, the turret will push up in the turret ring until it runs out of clearance. Now as long as your cases are trimmed to a uniform length and you push down firmly on the press lever, the case will push all the clearance out between the turret and turret ring."
From the Lee Bullet Seating Die instructions reads:
Screw the die in until it touches the case then back out 3 full turns. ----Adjust bullet seating depth with the adjusting screw----If crimp is desired then screw the die in slightly and test for desired crimp. "Excessive" crimp will cause the bullet seater to deform soft nose bullets.
My question to LEE was about FMJs, but wouldn't "Pat's" method cause a reeeeaally hard crimp?
What am I missing here????
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