BigMacMI
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Read everything I could find on here prepping to start reloading. First post however
Picked up Lee Turret and 9mm/223 dies
Loaded up some 124g with 3.9, 4.1, and 4.3grain HP38. liked the 4.1
So, things are going well.
Now for the long part... settle in.
I was noticing I was getting light throws from the drum. Upon closer inspection, the drum was not fully rotating. LEE customer support was awesome, tried to walk me through some trouble shooting and ultimately 2 day mailed me a new powder measure. This one seems to be rotating a bit better, but it is still only turning to about the 4 o'clock position.
Because I want consistent charges, I end up rotating the powder measure the rest of the way down and around to make sure everything dumps. This is with the recommended LEE die setup for the powder through case expander. I can adjust the die closer to the shell plate and get full rotation of the drum that makes me feel more comfortable with getting consistent throws.
The problem with the 'adjusted' position is that it ends up flaring the case more than I would probably like. I have found an acceptable drum throw position, that had 10x throws right on the money, even if it is a bit less rotation than I would like (i can always finish the throw by hand, but it's the principle here). It is about 1/2 turn from shell plate.
My other line of thinking is that with the drum measure on there, the tension in the springs pushing the drum up will set the flare versus the actual compression against a fixed die... could this be right? That basically the case flare is set by this tension in the measure?
My 'adjusted' position gives me a bullet drop into the case of about 0.07". Seems a bit much to me, and that I am working the brass a bit.
Thoughts?
Picked up Lee Turret and 9mm/223 dies
Loaded up some 124g with 3.9, 4.1, and 4.3grain HP38. liked the 4.1
So, things are going well.
Now for the long part... settle in.
I was noticing I was getting light throws from the drum. Upon closer inspection, the drum was not fully rotating. LEE customer support was awesome, tried to walk me through some trouble shooting and ultimately 2 day mailed me a new powder measure. This one seems to be rotating a bit better, but it is still only turning to about the 4 o'clock position.
Because I want consistent charges, I end up rotating the powder measure the rest of the way down and around to make sure everything dumps. This is with the recommended LEE die setup for the powder through case expander. I can adjust the die closer to the shell plate and get full rotation of the drum that makes me feel more comfortable with getting consistent throws.
The problem with the 'adjusted' position is that it ends up flaring the case more than I would probably like. I have found an acceptable drum throw position, that had 10x throws right on the money, even if it is a bit less rotation than I would like (i can always finish the throw by hand, but it's the principle here). It is about 1/2 turn from shell plate.
My other line of thinking is that with the drum measure on there, the tension in the springs pushing the drum up will set the flare versus the actual compression against a fixed die... could this be right? That basically the case flare is set by this tension in the measure?
My 'adjusted' position gives me a bullet drop into the case of about 0.07". Seems a bit much to me, and that I am working the brass a bit.
Thoughts?