birddog
Member
Morning folks.
I'm hoping some of you .45 reloaders can help me out. I've been loading .44 mag and.357 / .38 with my Lee turret press with great results. Regarding crimps, I've used the Lee Factory Crimp die for those calibers.
I wanted to start reloading .45 ACP's so I picked up another turret, a set of Lee Dies. Now, I've been reading the Lee literature and they say that aside from the bullet seating die, no further crimp is recommended. So I didn't order their crimp die. The past few hours, I've been going insane comparing factory rounds (winchester and CCI) and trying to set the bullet seating / crimp die to match the crimps of these factory loads. The problem is, even using a good set of calipers, I just can't tell if I have it right.
I have 20/20 vision and can NOT really see a crimp in the factory loads. Is it just me? What's it sposed to look like?
Should I buy the Factory Crimp? I can't see why, lol, since the factory crimps are nearly undetecable (unless I am just looking at them wrong).
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Joel
I'm hoping some of you .45 reloaders can help me out. I've been loading .44 mag and.357 / .38 with my Lee turret press with great results. Regarding crimps, I've used the Lee Factory Crimp die for those calibers.
I wanted to start reloading .45 ACP's so I picked up another turret, a set of Lee Dies. Now, I've been reading the Lee literature and they say that aside from the bullet seating die, no further crimp is recommended. So I didn't order their crimp die. The past few hours, I've been going insane comparing factory rounds (winchester and CCI) and trying to set the bullet seating / crimp die to match the crimps of these factory loads. The problem is, even using a good set of calipers, I just can't tell if I have it right.
I have 20/20 vision and can NOT really see a crimp in the factory loads. Is it just me? What's it sposed to look like?
Should I buy the Factory Crimp? I can't see why, lol, since the factory crimps are nearly undetecable (unless I am just looking at them wrong).
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Joel