Hey all,
Been reading on the topic of reloading for the better part of two years. Just got a lee turret press the other day and started making some dummy rounds. I don't have someone locally to tell me if Im screwing up so Im looking to you guys for help!
Brass is once fired WWB
Bullet is 158gr lead SWC from Space Coast Bullets in Melbourne, FL
Powder will be Titegroup
Primer: Winchester Small Pistol
Just using the standard Lee 3 die set for .357/.38
COL is 1.489 +/- .002
Will be fired out of a S&W Mod 19
Questions:
Should I be seating a little bit deeper into the crimp groove?
Even with the expander all the way down the brass was shaving lead. I chamfered the cases and it seemed to take the problem away. The expander doesn't seem to be expanding the mouth that much, maybe .001". Is this normal?
I can also feel where the bullet is in the case. The body of the case where no bullet is is .373" and where the bullet sits is .375". Again, Normal?
Would it be OK to pull these and reload them with powder and primer or should I just scrap them?
Also I have the Lee manual and the Lyman 49th. read the Lyman front to back and have looked through the Lee. Ill be starting at 3.2 and go up in .2 grain increments to 3.8 and I wont be loading live rounds till I get all this ironed out
Thanks for all the help!
Been reading on the topic of reloading for the better part of two years. Just got a lee turret press the other day and started making some dummy rounds. I don't have someone locally to tell me if Im screwing up so Im looking to you guys for help!
Brass is once fired WWB
Bullet is 158gr lead SWC from Space Coast Bullets in Melbourne, FL
Powder will be Titegroup
Primer: Winchester Small Pistol
Just using the standard Lee 3 die set for .357/.38
COL is 1.489 +/- .002
Will be fired out of a S&W Mod 19
Questions:
Should I be seating a little bit deeper into the crimp groove?
Even with the expander all the way down the brass was shaving lead. I chamfered the cases and it seemed to take the problem away. The expander doesn't seem to be expanding the mouth that much, maybe .001". Is this normal?
I can also feel where the bullet is in the case. The body of the case where no bullet is is .373" and where the bullet sits is .375". Again, Normal?
Would it be OK to pull these and reload them with powder and primer or should I just scrap them?
Also I have the Lee manual and the Lyman 49th. read the Lyman front to back and have looked through the Lee. Ill be starting at 3.2 and go up in .2 grain increments to 3.8 and I wont be loading live rounds till I get all this ironed out
Thanks for all the help!
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