I'm sort of a newbie to reloading and I'm having trouble reloading .40 S&W
I'm using an RCBS rock chuker with cabide dies a uniflow and 10-5 scale to reload for my .40 s&w
I'm using once fired brass mosly CCI and remington UMC cases
I'm using Alliant Unique powder at about 7.5-8.0gr
I'm using nosler 135gr HP
my issue is I need to flare the case to an extremely big mouth to allow the bullet to seat to a Case OAl of 1.130" is this normal and on more than one occation I've actually had the case walls collape or wrinkle do to the force required to seat the bullet properly
so here are my ?'s
how big should the case be flared to allow a propper reload?
why are the walls collapsing
any input would be greatly appreciated
Romarm SAR-1 7.62x39
Ruger 10-22 .22LR
Mossberg 500 20ga
Weatherby Orion G3 20ga
Weatherby Vanguard sporter stainless 7mm Rem Mag
Ruger Gp-100 .357mag
S&W sigma .40s&w
2 Sterling Stainless .22 LR's
"The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” — (Thomas Jefferson)"
I'm using an RCBS rock chuker with cabide dies a uniflow and 10-5 scale to reload for my .40 s&w
I'm using once fired brass mosly CCI and remington UMC cases
I'm using Alliant Unique powder at about 7.5-8.0gr
I'm using nosler 135gr HP
my issue is I need to flare the case to an extremely big mouth to allow the bullet to seat to a Case OAl of 1.130" is this normal and on more than one occation I've actually had the case walls collape or wrinkle do to the force required to seat the bullet properly
so here are my ?'s
how big should the case be flared to allow a propper reload?
why are the walls collapsing
any input would be greatly appreciated
Romarm SAR-1 7.62x39
Ruger 10-22 .22LR
Mossberg 500 20ga
Weatherby Orion G3 20ga
Weatherby Vanguard sporter stainless 7mm Rem Mag
Ruger Gp-100 .357mag
S&W sigma .40s&w
2 Sterling Stainless .22 LR's
"The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” — (Thomas Jefferson)"