glaizinman
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VaalpensThe .423" diameter has me confused a bit. I created a dummy round yesterday and had to bell/expand the case a bit more just to get it to .423", at the end it measure .4235". With the case expanded to .423" and a bullet seated, the round did stick before I was able to push it into the FCD by hand. The sticking was due to the expanded case and not the bullet seated in the case.
I reload on a single stage and now Lee turret and can feel when the FCD is doing something to the case/bullet. Most of the time is when I reload pulled bullets and things are not as round as they should be.
You indicate that the manual indicates that crimping should be done to .423". Which manual is this? I have always worked with a crimping of .421" as my target, but really never measures it since cases and bullets are not the same. What I do now is use my caliper to determine if I have enough crimp. Take the caliper and place the jaws below the case mouth applying pressure and then slide the caliper up toward the case mouth and over it. I normally would do this check before the FCD to get the feeling of how it feels when it can't slide over the mouth, then adjust the the FCD, do the test again until it slide over the mouth. This has worked for me for a while now and I don't have any deeding issues.
What is the diameter of the plated bullet you are trying to load?
The manuals I'm using Lyman 49th Speer #14 the bullet is a RMR plated rnfp 180 grn