tcanthonyii
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So being valentines day and all my girlfriend was sneaky and bought me a .380 die set. I've been using lee pistols dies as that's all I know. I was given a Classic Turret and not knowing anything I've just been buying lee dies. Simple and cheap. More because of the cheap part.
Anyway she bought me the RCBS .380 Carbide TC dies. I was given the gift reciept and told I could exchange for a different brand or caliber and she's the type of person that is totally OK with me doing that.
I was thinking I'd give them a try. No powder through die but I was able to make my Lee Auto disk work on my Universal charging die. OK no problem there. Resize, fine. Case belling is so-so but I cannot get for the life of me get the bullet seating and crimping right. I've crushed a case, NEVER done that with a lee. Then the bullet seater is leaving rings on the bullet it self!! It's really pissing me off. I can return this thing, have them order a .380 lee set (they don't sell lee dies but can order them and I'll be gone for a month so it's no big deal) and still have another 20 bucks to buy some bullets. Plus I had to but a shell holder so that's 28 bucks to buy some powder or something. I'm really pissed at this thing. It should be easier. The lee set takes 5 minutes to setup. I've been at this for well over an hour.
So what says the gods of HighRoad?
Anyway she bought me the RCBS .380 Carbide TC dies. I was given the gift reciept and told I could exchange for a different brand or caliber and she's the type of person that is totally OK with me doing that.
I was thinking I'd give them a try. No powder through die but I was able to make my Lee Auto disk work on my Universal charging die. OK no problem there. Resize, fine. Case belling is so-so but I cannot get for the life of me get the bullet seating and crimping right. I've crushed a case, NEVER done that with a lee. Then the bullet seater is leaving rings on the bullet it self!! It's really pissing me off. I can return this thing, have them order a .380 lee set (they don't sell lee dies but can order them and I'll be gone for a month so it's no big deal) and still have another 20 bucks to buy some bullets. Plus I had to but a shell holder so that's 28 bucks to buy some powder or something. I'm really pissed at this thing. It should be easier. The lee set takes 5 minutes to setup. I've been at this for well over an hour.
So what says the gods of HighRoad?