I'm befuddled..........
I recently decided to start using the Lee FCD on my 9mm. (I don't want to start a discussion on the FCD and whether its necessary or not. I'm giving background on why I am where I am.) So as a result I reconfigured my bullet seating die (RCBS) to not crimp since I'd do it with the FCD.
I had my barrel and case gauge on the table and made sure the COLs and plunking and case gauge results were all copacetic. I worked up a load and found one I really liked. So I loaded up some now that I knew what my go-to load is with my dies all reconfigured.
Now? They don't plunk. They don't drop quite down far enough as a plunkable round does. And they don't fall out on their own. They fit in the case gauge just fine.....but they don't plunk.
I know it's not a COL issue. I've loaded these bullets (124g Zero Bullets FMJ) to longer than what I am now and they've plunked OK. So I'm figuring it's a diameter thing. But, as I said, it passes in the case gauge.
The mouth expansion felt a bit small when I was seating bullets, so I wondered if some bullets were seated cockeyed. I increased the mouth expansion a bit to get a better pre-seating placement on the mouth but.....same results.
If it's not COL and it fits in the gauge, why would it not plunk? The gun is a Walther PPQ 5" barrel if that matters. The Sharpie test didn't tell me anything. I was actually going to smoke the case with a match but today's "safety" matches are so darn safe I can't get them to light! ROFL So I haven't done that yet.
Comments?
Thanks.
OR
I recently decided to start using the Lee FCD on my 9mm. (I don't want to start a discussion on the FCD and whether its necessary or not. I'm giving background on why I am where I am.) So as a result I reconfigured my bullet seating die (RCBS) to not crimp since I'd do it with the FCD.
I had my barrel and case gauge on the table and made sure the COLs and plunking and case gauge results were all copacetic. I worked up a load and found one I really liked. So I loaded up some now that I knew what my go-to load is with my dies all reconfigured.
Now? They don't plunk. They don't drop quite down far enough as a plunkable round does. And they don't fall out on their own. They fit in the case gauge just fine.....but they don't plunk.
I know it's not a COL issue. I've loaded these bullets (124g Zero Bullets FMJ) to longer than what I am now and they've plunked OK. So I'm figuring it's a diameter thing. But, as I said, it passes in the case gauge.
The mouth expansion felt a bit small when I was seating bullets, so I wondered if some bullets were seated cockeyed. I increased the mouth expansion a bit to get a better pre-seating placement on the mouth but.....same results.
If it's not COL and it fits in the gauge, why would it not plunk? The gun is a Walther PPQ 5" barrel if that matters. The Sharpie test didn't tell me anything. I was actually going to smoke the case with a match but today's "safety" matches are so darn safe I can't get them to light! ROFL So I haven't done that yet.
Comments?
Thanks.
OR