Lee Dies for .45ACP

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Since Lee Dies work JUST FINE regarding .45 ACP . . .

Carbide is carbide, and so long as the dies used are actually carbide, what is the matter? BUY CARBIDE DIES for .45 ACP reloading. Many great brands serve this purpose, and among them is LEE. cliffy
 
Right on cinteal!!! I cast my own tho.

I use Lee molds #452-190-swc, TL452-200-swc, & 452-228-1r. I do not use the tumble lube anymore as I had to much lube building up on the seating die making OAL shorter and shorter.

Went to a Lyman sizer/luber.
 
novaDak, as Walkalong has a FCD and doesn't need it, why not see if he will part with it for a little? Walkalong, no disrepect intended.
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If he PM's me his addy, I'll send it to him. :)

None taken.

Brilliant marketing ploy by Lee. The FCD gets credit for all kinds of miracles. :)
 
Just can't admit that in this case it actually did work can we guys.
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Just keep saying better load procedure will do away with the "need" for it 99.9% of the time.

Now Lee is creating miracles. lol
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Just go back and read some threads. It's just amazing some of the problems it has "solved" ;)
 
As I stated previously I tryed everything I knew to do after 50 someyears of reloading. Being sure OAL case length was correct, total OAL of loaded cartridge was correct, Shortened OAL of loaded cartridge slightly thinking possibly said would then go into full battery, different shaped and sizes of bullets, sizing bullet to different dia. adjusting three different seating/crimping dies from three different mfg., all of this to no avail.

My God man what more could I have tried? This only happened with one particular pistol. I load for approx 20 different pistols with no problem.

I finally called Lee about the problem and per their recommendation solved the problem.
Was it a miracle, could be but I doubt it.

Wheather you walkalong want to admit it or no is immaterial the bottom line is the problem was solved with (believe it or not) a FCD for the huge expense of approx $15.00.

IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!
 
99.9%..... :D

I am glad it fixed your problem. I would, however, be interested to know what the problem was. :)
 
Walkalong,

Just keep saying better load procedure will do away with the "need" for it 99.9% of the time.
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I'm not a fan of the FCD for different reasons, but I hold to the idea that you should use the right tool for the job. I believe the FCD has it's niche, in regards to failure to feed problems.

Still, I'm always looking to learn something. What better load procedures should be followed to make sure that when seating the bullet, the case does not bulge to the extent that the round will not chamber properly?
 
Walkalong if you had read my post 22 carefully you would have noted that I said that the slide would not go to full battery. Maybe about 1/16 of an inch short but I'm going by memory here.

That was the whole problem and that was why I tried different bullets, thinking they were ingaging the rifling not allowing the pistol to go to battery. Such was NOT the case however. In the end the FCD solved the problem. I belive this particular barrel has a very tight chamber, thats the only thing I can think of.
 
I'm not sure I understand.

It straightens out the case such that the seated bullet no longer bulges to one side and then crimps?

I've had this problem with a variety of reloading presses, including my Lee Turret and my Dillon 550.
 
I'm not sure I understand.

It straightens out the case such that the seated bullet no longer bulges to one side and then crimps?
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In a word, "yes". However, if you're not having feeding problems with bulging cases, you don't need the FCD. When it straightens those bulging case walls, it's also resizing the bullet that caused the bulge, espcially with thick walled cases. I've had it change the diameter as much as .007" in bullets I've pulled.

I would never use it in a revolver load, primarily because I did and got horrible results.
 
What better load procedures should be followed to make sure that when seating the bullet, the case does not bulge to the extent that the round will not chamber properly?
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I don't know. I just have never had a problem, even with my two match barrels, one of which is a Wilson.

If the round will fit in the chamber it should feed. If it does not, I would look at the gun myself. If the round does not fit the chamber, that is when I would look at the round. I am just not a fan of squishing the round to "fix" it.

Many times folks here have had the problem and a touch more crimp solved it. That can be done with any crimp die.
 
Walkalong: agreed. I've not seen a problem in my match barrels either, but I do use a tight crimp.

The XD was a different story. The FCD was useful in feeding, but accuracy suffered. I sold the gun (with explanation of why I was selling it).
 
This whole crimp thing has me up a tree, I can't sleep, can't eat, I sit at my loading bench just staring at my Hornady bullet poster for hours.
I take my Lyman manual to bed with me (now my wife won't speak to me), I put a dab of Hoppe's no.9 behind my ear yesterday, this morning I found myself sprinkling titegroup on my cereal, I,:( I, think I'm going ballistic!
Floydster
 
LOL, just don't start using bullets for supositories and popping primers for breathmints. Your blood pressue might get high enough pondering the theory of bullet crimp, you set of that titegroup and fire a bullet into the appartment below.:eek:

good reply, floydster. I've been hacking up my lungs over the last few days . . . that cleared it all out.
 
BUT be aware, you will be resizing the seated bullet in the case.
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I don't know where you got that information but they were wrong. If the bullets are oversized then I would agree. I cast and size my bullets to .452 and have never had the FCD size a bullet. A FCD is not required but if you like to seat and crimp in separate steps then I think it's a great die.
Rusty
 
BUT be aware, you will be resizing the seated bullet in the case.
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I don't know where you got that information but they were wrong.
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I know one thing is correct, one can't get away with a general statement, here . . . even if it is explained in subsequent posts.
 
I have never crimped my 45acp hand loads and really don't see the need. I've loaded thousands with my Lee dies both jacketed and lead cast. Never an issue.
 
Humm,
elkhuntingfool,
So do you bell the case before you seat the bullet, how do you remove the bell if you do not crimp.
Floydster
 
I know one thing is correct, one can't get away with a general statement, here . . . even if it is explained in subsequent posts.
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A general statement like "BUT be aware, you will be resizing the seated bullet in the case" would be more believable if the poster had posted fact or experience with it. I must have read over or missed the post that explained that. The FCD will only post size something that is out of spec and a .452 bullet is not out of spec. I posted my experience that I have done it without problems and know many other people with the same experience. Don't get me wrong, I agree with all of you anti FCD people and don't believe the FCD should be used to fix everything. As for people like me that like to use it as a crimp die because I don't want to crimp in the seating die then I don't see a problem with it and have heard a lot of people say they are dangerous but not explain why.
Rusty
 
I haven't heard that either. That is a bit much, even for a non believer like me. :)
 
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