I've used a Dillon 550B for a long time with a set of RCBS carbide dies and the Lee Factory Crimp die set up for separate seating and crimping.
I recently decided to go to a second RCBS seating/crimp die for crimping duty to replace the Lee FCD. I went to set it up tonight, and it seems that the die cannot come far enough down to actually apply a roll crimp to my brass without hitting the shell plate. I tried removing the die and just sitting it on top of a piece of brass in the shell holder with the ram completely lowered, and it is apparent there is not room for it to actually travel down to apply a roll crimp.
Has anyone had this problem before? The caliber is .45 Colt and the dies are dedicated .45 Colt dies rather than .454/.45 Colt dies. Is there such a thing as a dedicated seating-only die from RCBS that I might have accidentally bought instead? I noticed my original RCBS die said something like ".45 Colt Seat * 4" and the new one says ".45 Colt Seat * 11". Does that number mean anything?
I could knock down the beveled/unthreaded end of the die a bit, but it seems annoying that they would be configured this way.
I recently decided to go to a second RCBS seating/crimp die for crimping duty to replace the Lee FCD. I went to set it up tonight, and it seems that the die cannot come far enough down to actually apply a roll crimp to my brass without hitting the shell plate. I tried removing the die and just sitting it on top of a piece of brass in the shell holder with the ram completely lowered, and it is apparent there is not room for it to actually travel down to apply a roll crimp.
Has anyone had this problem before? The caliber is .45 Colt and the dies are dedicated .45 Colt dies rather than .454/.45 Colt dies. Is there such a thing as a dedicated seating-only die from RCBS that I might have accidentally bought instead? I noticed my original RCBS die said something like ".45 Colt Seat * 4" and the new one says ".45 Colt Seat * 11". Does that number mean anything?
I could knock down the beveled/unthreaded end of the die a bit, but it seems annoying that they would be configured this way.