I started loading 223 55gr hornady v max tonight using once fired hornady brass that was FL sized with rcbs die.
I made a dummy round and forgot to chamfer the mouth so it shaved the bullet a bit. I did the push test and it seated from 2.250 to 2.248, I then pushed again and it seated to 2.242 and so on. I figured it was cause the bullet shaved so I chamfered a case and seated it to 2.250 and same thing. I tried this with several other cases and they all get smaller and all I'm doing is pushing lightly on the press.
I noticed the plastic tip was deformed so I pushed it into wood and the same thing. the tip is somewhat mushrooming as I can feel it with my finger but I want to make sure its just the tip that smashing and not the bullet seating deeper.
please help.
I made a dummy round and forgot to chamfer the mouth so it shaved the bullet a bit. I did the push test and it seated from 2.250 to 2.248, I then pushed again and it seated to 2.242 and so on. I figured it was cause the bullet shaved so I chamfered a case and seated it to 2.250 and same thing. I tried this with several other cases and they all get smaller and all I'm doing is pushing lightly on the press.
I noticed the plastic tip was deformed so I pushed it into wood and the same thing. the tip is somewhat mushrooming as I can feel it with my finger but I want to make sure its just the tip that smashing and not the bullet seating deeper.
please help.