OH_Spartan
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I am relatively new to reloading....I'd say I've made 500 rounds and fired 200 of them. I have a single-stage Lee press and use lee dies.
My question first...is it possible to "screw-up" the sizing step?
Now my explanation....
I was loading 44-mag for the first time tonight and 50% of my attempts ended in the bulled "smashing" the case. When I pulled it out of the die, the bullet had cut the brass instead of seating into it and getting crimped.
After a few session, I started to be able to recognize a bad seat before I ruined the brass. I would back it out of the die, adjust the bullet to make sure it wasn't misaligned. If the bullet didn't seat right the first time, I couldn't get it to seat in subsequent attempts.
I put the decapper/sizing die in and ran a few of the problematic casing through it. Of these, half of them worked the second time around.
Am I screwing up my sizing step? Is there something with the Lee die that is quirky?
My question first...is it possible to "screw-up" the sizing step?
Now my explanation....
I was loading 44-mag for the first time tonight and 50% of my attempts ended in the bulled "smashing" the case. When I pulled it out of the die, the bullet had cut the brass instead of seating into it and getting crimped.
After a few session, I started to be able to recognize a bad seat before I ruined the brass. I would back it out of the die, adjust the bullet to make sure it wasn't misaligned. If the bullet didn't seat right the first time, I couldn't get it to seat in subsequent attempts.
I put the decapper/sizing die in and ran a few of the problematic casing through it. Of these, half of them worked the second time around.
Am I screwing up my sizing step? Is there something with the Lee die that is quirky?