Bad crimp dies from lees

[ben hunchak]

Why do I even bother? Savvy reloaders have many ways of ensuring consistent neck tension from one round to another, the easiest fix is the change out of expander balls as already suggested, other fixes used also ensure minimal case run-out. Inside neck reaming and/or outside case turning, especially when combined with bushing dies, allow precision tuning your case neck tension. A press like the Co-ax, "floats" the cartridge to allow it to find it's own centre, helping with minimal runout. In-line bullet seaters make sure the bullet is seated straight in the case.
Any crimping done at this point in time only serves to undo all the previous work, prolly throwing case neck tension all over the map, increasing bullet runout, even changing the bullet diameter of the loaded round.

 

[Sun_and_Steel_77]

Why do I even bother?

Lord knows. I have a pretty good idea though.

So what part of using a lee factory crimp die to hold a .308 bullet in a 7.62x39 case gets your panties in a knot?

 

[Sun_and_Steel_77]

Why do I even bother? Savvy reloaders have many ways of ensuring consistent neck tension from one round to another, the easiest fix is the change out of expander balls as already suggested, other fixes used also ensure minimal case run-out. Inside neck reaming and/or outside case turning, especially when combined with bushing dies, allow precision tuning your case neck tension. A press like the Co-ax, "floats" the cartridge to allow it to find it's own centre, helping with minimal runout. In-line bullet seaters make sure the bullet is seated straight in the case.
Any crimping done at this point in time only serves to undo all the previous work, prolly throwing case neck tension all over the map, increasing bullet runout, even changing the bullet diameter of the loaded round.

I am firing tracers into the cliff-face of a mountain for "s**ts n gigs". I am not loading this particular application for any degree of accuracy whatsoever, and I never implied as much. Surely a "savvy" reloader such as yourself can comprehend the aforementioned statement.

My apologies to the OP as this thread is headed way off track.

 

[ben hunchak]

Well you certainly aren't doing a very good job of defending Lee products and/or their gimmicky but poorly manufactured products.

 

[Sun_and_Steel_77]

Well you certainly aren't doing a very good job of defending Lee products and/or their gimmicky but poorly manufactured products.

...So that's what this is really about huh?
I never imagined I'd be defending Lee products on the intranets.
Do you think they'll send me a free Tee-shirt?

 

[ben hunchak]

Well, that was what the original post was about.