My first Reload Part 2: Cases Crumple
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jfh
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I'd start with die adjustments--
It sounds to me like your powder-through-expanding die is not set to make a big enough 'funnel' at the cartridge top.
1. Did you set the resizing / decapping die to make firm contact with the ram fully up, then add 1/4 turn turn and tighten the die nut?
2. With that die in place, and with the ram up, adjust the powder-through-expanding die this way:
first, screw it down to make 'firm contact' with the ram; then,
back it out about 3/4 turn. Now, screw down the die nut.
Try running a case through the decapper-resizer, then through the PTED. Take the case out and look at it: is there a 'noticable' flare to the top? Enough so you can set a bullet in the flare, and it drops in a bit--like 1/32", and sits square?
If those two dies are adjusted correctly, then set up the seating die again: Assuming you have a 4-die set, did you first back off the seating stem, then set the die to ram contact and then back it out three turns?
Etc., etc.
I don't yet reload 44mag, but it does appear you have the correct (lead) bullet diameter. Somebody else will check in on the bullets, I suspect...
Jim H.
It sounds to me like your powder-through-expanding die is not set to make a big enough 'funnel' at the cartridge top.
1. Did you set the resizing / decapping die to make firm contact with the ram fully up, then add 1/4 turn turn and tighten the die nut?
2. With that die in place, and with the ram up, adjust the powder-through-expanding die this way:
first, screw it down to make 'firm contact' with the ram; then,
back it out about 3/4 turn. Now, screw down the die nut.
Try running a case through the decapper-resizer, then through the PTED. Take the case out and look at it: is there a 'noticable' flare to the top? Enough so you can set a bullet in the flare, and it drops in a bit--like 1/32", and sits square?
If those two dies are adjusted correctly, then set up the seating die again: Assuming you have a 4-die set, did you first back off the seating stem, then set the die to ram contact and then back it out three turns?
Etc., etc.
I don't yet reload 44mag, but it does appear you have the correct (lead) bullet diameter. Somebody else will check in on the bullets, I suspect...
Jim H.
Sistema1927
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I don't think that you have enough flare set. However, I recently had a situation where enough lubricant had built up inside of the seating die that I had this happen to a couple of cases, so you might want to check to see if it is clean.
Jim Watson
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Depends on the nature of the "buckling." (Pictures?) Possibilities I can think of:
Inadequate flare; don't worry about "minimum flare to make the brass last longer" get the bullet seated this time.
Too much crimp.
Inadequate flare; don't worry about "minimum flare to make the brass last longer" get the bullet seated this time.
Too much crimp.
Dubious,
Lee has some gret videos of the proper way to set up the dies in the press.
www.leeprecision.com
Lee has some gret videos of the proper way to set up the dies in the press.
www.leeprecision.com
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