I made a bench, it is an artfully twisted wrought iron base with some nice white formica on top
I don't have a kinetic hammer, but after making dummy rounds I sure need one!
Here is the dummy with the factory round, it is exactly the same length, looks pretty, but you can definitely see where the bullet is seated. Is this ok/normal?
Tac, I will pick up some CCI's when I collect the powder.
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It does happen and hence the need of the hammer
You may be able to get round it by making shure the case is sized properly & then flared a bit to seat the bullet.
Check , Chang seating / crimping Die depth you may have it set to deep (loosen of the inner seating ‘probe’ 1st or remove it all together and see how the fully seated case looks)
Also you may want to measure up the dia of the bullet as may be slightly larger than the factory spec ones.
You’ll find this a useful learning curve to go through.
ATB
James
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If you want a quick way to check if you ammo is within spec, get a gauge.
https://www.cdsgltd.co.uk/lyman-pist...gauge-9mm.html
Or one of these
https://youtu.be/s1RVV5fUNY0
It's pretty common to get a small bulge in the case near to the base of the bullet. In your pix I can also see one in the factory round but much less obvious. Does the round chamber properly? If yes then don't worry about it. If not then you might try a little more flare or a little less crimp.
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It chambers fine
I have been checking loading data, and with the Vectan BA9 powder I have on order it looks like I need 0.27g/4.2 grn of powder which is the .43 aperture on my dispenser. This figures with the 0.28g recommended by club members using the same, and of course I will be double checking on scales as and when the time comes.
<Squeaks with excitement>
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Then it's fine to use. Can't comment on the load but it's always good to talk with folk that use the same powder in the same cartridge - you might be able to improve on that but having a starting point saves a lot of time. With the .38 spl I found that the crimp makes a difference to the performance of the round but for case life I use the least possible (just enough to remove the flare leaving the case sides parallel - factory crimps usually have a distinct inwards curve.
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This may be me, but is the plastic primer inserting thingy poop? I haven't inserted a primer with it as I am still awaiting the powder, but it just seems proper pony. I feel I would be better doing it by hand.
Am I doing something wrong?
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Have a look at this
https://youtu.be/YwqOpknjsZI
And a bit of practice, if you still can’t get on with it then place the primers by hand (a primer flip tray is good for this)
No not doing anything wrong, with Lee some of their kit is really good but some is not.
The press you have is excellent, the carbide pistol calibre dies are great, the auto disk powder measure does what it is meant to do.
But the reloading scales are not special and some of the other plastic bits are not great either.
If I were you, given your stated requirements for ammo quantity then manually putting a primer into the arm will not hamper you.
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