should I reload .30 carbine

[Hardtarget]

Though I do not load very much .30 carbine i don't find it to be a hard cartridge to work with. I use an RCBS three die set and only load 110gr fmj bullets. I don't shoot this gun much...my grandson takes care of my slack every chance he gets.

Trim to length, lube correctly...you'll be fine.

Mark

ps: in fact, I've got 100 bullets and brass. Time to get busy.

 

[Rule3]

Well since so many folks love Grant Cunningham and think of him as a reloading legend here are the dies he uses.

http://www.grantcunningham.com/blog_files/f4a3bc7a20e04eb396807a95dceb7e9e-374.html

There are many many products in use today for most anything, so everyone is free to buy what the want, As long as it's BLUE or was that Black,

 

[Lost Sheep]

and lost sheep it was the lee 4 die set

I like and I use 4-die sets with the LCD, but recognize that they sometimes reduce bullet tension (grip of the case on the bullet) and allow for the bullet setback you described. (See the "Virtue and Vice" threads to which I posted links.)

So, I will repeat my advice from post 22

Put your calipers on your case-mouth belling mandrel and compare its diameter to your bullets' diameters. If the case mouth is expanded too much, it will not grip the bullet with enough tension (as Walkalong suggested in post #2).

Stand a loaded round on a bathroom scale and press on the bullet nose with a pressure of 35 to 50 lbs.

You can also (after adjusting your flaring die to minimize your belling) not use the FCD (fourth die). Your bullet seating die can be used to remove the case mouth bell and leave a taper crimp just as the bullet seats to the proper depth.

See if a 45 ACP cartridge assembled in that manner has the set-back problem you mentioned in post #1. You can also size the case, bell the case mouth and (without the seating die) see how much force it actually takes to seat the bullet by hand. If less than the 35 to 50 lbs cited by Iowegan, your slugs may be undersized, your belling mandrel oversized, case walls too thin (some brass is thinner or thicker than others) or a combination of those factors.

Ensure your bullets are of a size to fill your barrel's bore and then make your dies and their parts to size accordingly.

Lost Sheep