I'm surprised nobody mentioned Alliant 2400 yet. Great for medium to max loads. H110 is only good for max loads. I'm getting a small 44 mag pistol soon, so I'm interested in reduced loads as well.
Rcbs is about $70. Lube the head now and then. Bolt to 2x4, then c-clamp the whole thing to your bench when needed. I'm sure they're both good, rather simple.
.472 is the absolute max diameter. Expect jams beyond that. Target .469 on average. Measure multiple sides. ... They're not always perfectly round either. Brass length determines crimp diameter, so measure a bunch before you lock down your dies.
Rcbs BENCH mount pocket swager. Especially if you don't have a single stage press. I use that and touch it with the brass deburr tool as well. Lube the swaging head before use too. Resulting brass looks and feels just like commercial equivalents.
.468 to .470 on the crimp. 1.243 is my typical oal for extreme 230's. Sizing die all the way down? No buldge at the base? Bullet engaging the rifling? Your oal is long, as others have indicated.
Please don't use plated bullets in 44mag. They shed their plating in the forcing cone, and schrapnel will make your face bleed. I really tried to make them work in my super Redhawk as well. 1430fps was a mess, 1200 shed 1 in 3 jackets. Look for layers of foil in your forcing cone. I wound...
Kitchen roller for APS primer strips? A finger should be sufficient. The primer strip loader device wasn't very expensive if I recall correctly, and very easy to use. Faster than traditional tube loaders too.
Rcbs200 here. Manual index for me. If you get an auto index make sure you can disable it when and if you want to use it as a single stage for hand thrown sniper rounds. Bolt directly to 1" MDF workbench.
I crimp and seat in separate stations if and only if I'm using straight wall lead ammo...
Your brass is telling you not you use winchester primers in rp brass (I didn't read the entire post.. Am I right?)
Insipient head separations indicate a lot of headspace at 5 firings.
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