I believe I have the sizing dae all set up. Didnt think that one was so hard.
So in I am not running off the book data for the O.A.L. but using a a store bought cartridge for the length. The reason is the Hornady book seems to leave the ring on the bullet still exposed. I'm using Harrison cast bullets but I cant find any data on them. The guy at the reloading shop said to use the Hornady data. I am also having some issue with the flaring die.
The picture is as follows (left: factory, Middle: My load, Right a crappy flare)
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Bullet Seating Middle Pic: It seems that the bullet is still not seated as far as the factory. If you look you can still see bit of that indented ring, however the factory and my load are almost the same size. Any thoughts? Should I seat the bullet more?
Flaring right picture: I either seem to have a too much flare as pictured or maybe not enough as when I seated the middle bullet it was shaving a small amount of lead off. I thought I had the die adjusted however when I pushed the ram up to the top the cartridge on the right came out. Again is there a trick to adjusting the flare die? I ran the ram with a cartridge to the top. Screwed the die down until it touched the shell then screwed it down a bit until it felt good but again the shell came out belled.
I am just begining and these are my first loads so any help would be great. If there are any loaders in the Chicago burbs let me know if you need a student.
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