45-70 reloading.... Am I an idiot???

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Hey guys, I'm loading up some cartridges for my new 45-70 guide gun. I bulged two cases. How much do you bell the case? I'm using hornady 350 grain round nose bullets, and if I don't flare the case until the bullet will slide in until the first cannelure, the case will bulge. Is this normal?

How much are you supposed to flare these things?
 
That sounds like way too much flare.

Screw your die out, raise the ram and screw down the die until it just touches a full length sized case. Back off the ram then screw it down a few turns and try to flare the case.

You should only need enough to set the bullet on top of the case without it falling out or shaving lead when you seat the bullet. The less you can get away with the better - should save on case life.



Hey guys, I'm loading up some cartridges for my new 45-70 guide gun. I bulged two cases. How much do you bell the case? I'm using hornady 350 grain round nose bullets, and if I don't flare the case until the bullet will slide in until the first cannelure, the case will bulge. Is this normal?

How much are you supposed to flare these things?
 
Hey guys, I'm loading up some cartridges for my new 45-70 guide gun. I bulged two cases. How much do you bell the case? I'm using hornady 350 grain round nose bullets, and if I don't flare the case until the bullet will slide in until the first cannelure, the case will bulge. Is this normal?

How much are you supposed to flare these things?
I don't flare for jacketed bullets, I do chamfer the case mouth, if I were having problems, I would start with flaring down just enough to get the bullet started.
Hope this helps.
 
Do you mean that the case is so bulged that it won't chamber and is now useless or there's a slight bulge that let you see the outline of the bullet? The later is normal.
 
Do you mean that the case is so bulged that it won't chamber and is now useless or there's a slight bulge that let you see the outline of the bullet? The latter is normal.
If it bulges enough that you see the outline of the bullet that is actually a good thing (lots of case tension) as stated.

Also, if you are crimping too much, you will bulge the case, probably to the point where it won't chamber. You might want to back off on the crimp and see if that makes a difference. The cases can be recovered by re-sizing. Make sure you take the de-priming pin out prior to this.
Sometimes I crimp as a separate operation if the seating/crimping sequence is causing bulged cases.
 
Hy guys, I was crimping too hard. I can seat the bullets without even flaring, everything turns out awesome as long as I don't crimp too hard
 
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