nofishbob
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This was what I posted on a related thread earlier in the week:
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On my FCD, loading 45 ACP, it resizes EVERY round, and not just a little. Obviously, something is wrong. It sure makes my LNL press a lot of work to operate, with a lot of handle force.
I have reloaded and shot around 1200-1500 rounds made like this with no problems in my Glock 21.
When I get back home later this week, I will check to see if rounds not FCD'd will chamber, and if a factory round will contact the FCD. I am pretty sure my FCD is undersized. If this is the case, I will either get another FCD (hopefully the right size), or experiment with just eliminating the FCD altogether.
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I did some checking with the following results:
Factory Winchester rounds slip into the FCD with no resistance...a perfect fit.
A case resized with the Hornady sizer, but without a bullet, also slipped right into the FCD.
A completed round will not enter the FCD at all with finger pressure
A case and bullet previously sized with the FCD will not go back into the FCD with finger pressure
All completed rounds, both with the FCD and without, fall freely into and out of the chamber of my Glock 21.
The bullets are the difference, and are making the case bigger. If you look closely, you can see the case bulge where the bullet is.
The Hornady 230 gr RN and 230 gr XTP bullets both measured .4515 as close as I could measure.
Any suggestions are appreciated!
Bob
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On my FCD, loading 45 ACP, it resizes EVERY round, and not just a little. Obviously, something is wrong. It sure makes my LNL press a lot of work to operate, with a lot of handle force.
I have reloaded and shot around 1200-1500 rounds made like this with no problems in my Glock 21.
When I get back home later this week, I will check to see if rounds not FCD'd will chamber, and if a factory round will contact the FCD. I am pretty sure my FCD is undersized. If this is the case, I will either get another FCD (hopefully the right size), or experiment with just eliminating the FCD altogether.
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I did some checking with the following results:
Factory Winchester rounds slip into the FCD with no resistance...a perfect fit.
A case resized with the Hornady sizer, but without a bullet, also slipped right into the FCD.
A completed round will not enter the FCD at all with finger pressure
A case and bullet previously sized with the FCD will not go back into the FCD with finger pressure
All completed rounds, both with the FCD and without, fall freely into and out of the chamber of my Glock 21.
The bullets are the difference, and are making the case bigger. If you look closely, you can see the case bulge where the bullet is.
The Hornady 230 gr RN and 230 gr XTP bullets both measured .4515 as close as I could measure.
Any suggestions are appreciated!
Bob