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I just purchased a Redding Taper crimp die from Midway. It didn't have any instructions how to adjust the crimp. Can anyone advise the best way to do this.
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I just purchased a Redding Taper crimp die from Midway. It didn't have any instructions how to adjust the crimp. Can anyone advise the best way to do this.
Thanks
For an auto caliber like 9MM?
Adjust it down a little at a time until it removes the bell but no more on the shortest cases which means it will remove the bell and move the case in maybe .001 on the longest ones. Go easy, it is very easy to over crimp.
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Adjust it down a little at a time until it removes the bell but no more on the shortest cases which means it will remove the bell and move the case in maybe .001 on the longest ones.
While I don't trim my 9mm, I do sort by headstamp. It seems to limit the variation between case length.so the question becomes how you know which of your cases is the shortest (unless you intend to measure each one).
Worth repeating.(Neck tension is what holds bullets in place, not a crimp. It's easy to get too much crimp, because it's not easily seen by the nekkid eye and case bulging often results)...
Place an empty 9mm case (sized) in your press. Run the ram all the way up. Insert the die and screw it down, on the case until you feel resistance; the die hitting the case. Lower the ram, run the die down just a tad, finger tighten the lock ring, and try it. Use just enough crimp to straighten the flare of the case mouth (Neck tension is what holds bullets in place, not a crimp. It's easy to get too much crimp, because it's not easily seen by the nekkid eye and case bulging often results)...
A few thousandths case length is no worry as you only want to "deflare" the case, just check finished rounds with your gun's barrel; aka "Plunk Test"...
I actually like them a bit better as I don't have to monitor if the adjustment is drifting...as I have to with the Lee FCD (I use index marks on the die)I just ordered and received a couple of Redding taper crimp dies for my .45 and 9mm loads, and I was surprised that there was no visible adjustment other than the die depth.
I feel the same but every time I look at the almost $70 price tag for one die I just can't click the "buy button" lol.I've been tempted, but can't quite get myself to get a Redding Micrometer Adjustable Crimping die
I'll stick with my spacer method.I've been tempted, but can't quite get myself to get a Redding Micrometer Adjustable Crimping die