Remove Carbide Insert from LEE Factory Crimp Die

[LiveLife]

how would I be able to bulge bust all the .40 and 10mm cases you Glock folks leave laying around

Check the primer indent and you may be surprised to find most of the "bulged" brass are from non-Glock pistols.

By Gen3, Glock 40S&W chambers were tighter with better case base support.

These days, bulged/overly expanded 40S&W brass I find have round primer indent, not typical Glock rectangle primer indent.

 

[Soonerpesek]

Check the primer indent and you may be surprised to find most of the "bulged" brass are from non-Glock pistols.

10mm :

1) MY Glock will bulge anything with over a “warmish” load.
2) My CMMG will bulge ONLY “hottish” loads.
3) My RIA will not bulge anything.
4) My Smith will also not bulge anything.

Like I told @GeoDudeFlorida, personal experience doesn’t matter ’round here…..!!…

Thanks for your well versed input tho, to set me straight….

 

[Soonerpesek]

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[CQB45ACP]

The one thing to remember is that there is a good bit of variance in the carbide rings in the Lee FCD .I load several cartridge of the same caliber and have found that a shell in one that has resistance will easily fit in the other one. I had one that was so small for my 10mm that my shells wouldn’t go in tried the one for my 40 fit fine.Lee send me a replacement .I think the sloppy tolerances in the rings is one of the reasons the dies work fine for some and others have problems

It may be sloppy tolerances but we can’t know that except with our small personal sampling and experience.

My actual test above shows an experience opposite of yours. And I used two FCDs with same results. Sure, both can be off precisely the same, but what’s the probability of that?

Again, the most likely source of problems is bullet and/or operator. Use a correctly sized bullet and likelihood of problem reduces greatly.

I also think we may be comparing apples and oranges (me too) and thus confusing the issue. The taper crimp FCD for auto pistols is somehow different than the FCD for revolvers or rifles. My experience is solely with the former.

Regardless, I’d like to see someone who has this “problem” run a test with pictures.

 

[JCSC]

I run the FCD in 45 and 9 mm.

No issues in either except when I was running .357” lead in the 9. In that case the FCD did swage the lead. No surprise considering it was .002” over spec.

Other wise the carbide ring hits a high spot here and there, but otherwise they slide right thru.

 

[refuse2bafool]

If you buy a larger size Lee Carbide Factory Crimp Die and use your existing floating crimp sleeve in it, you'll have two unaltered dies, with the ability to slide by the carbide insert (by swapping the floating crimp sleeve). As I said earlier, I believe the OD of the floating crimp sleeves are all the same.

If I had a Lee 38/357 Factory Carbide Crimp Die, liked the crimp but wanted to slide by the carbide insert, I'd buy a 40 S&W/10mm or larger Lee Carbide Factory Crimp die and use the 38/357 crimp sleeve when I wanted to slide by the carbide insert.

That's good info and a really clever solution.

Lots of good info in this whole string about the FCD in general too.

Thanks

 

[EMC45]

Lead compresses and brass springs back. I’ve had under sized bullets after using the die. Also loose bullets is a possibility as well.