I'm very new at reloading loaded a few rounds for my 375 Winchester. Now I'm reloading for my 270 Winchester. I have the Lee Loader and the Lee 3 Die set for it. I set the resizer / decapper in until it rested on the shell holder and then I turned it in 1/3 of an extra turn. Then I placed a shell in it and popped out the used primer. I tried to then see if a bullet would fit both 150 grain and 130 grain neither would fit at all. What am I doing wrong? Yes the Die is clean I just cleaned it I even tried turning the Die in further and still cannot seat a bullet enough to even set it back in the holder.
Problem with neck width can't seat bullet
- Thread starter greatwhite
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Did you change to the seater die?
Run the case all the way up as far as it will go and then screw the seater down until it touches the case mouth. The screw the die UP a half turn. This will make sure there is no crimping action. (Not needed) Back the seater stem up a long way.
With powder in the case, put a bullet on the case mouth and raising the ram, guiding the bullet into the bottom of the seater die. Raise the ram all the way. If the bullet did not start into the case, leave the ram up and screw the stem down until be bullet hits the case mouth.
Then lower the ram, screw the stem down 2 revs and raise the ram. This will start seating the bullet.
Run the case all the way up as far as it will go and then screw the seater down until it touches the case mouth. The screw the die UP a half turn. This will make sure there is no crimping action. (Not needed) Back the seater stem up a long way.
With powder in the case, put a bullet on the case mouth and raising the ram, guiding the bullet into the bottom of the seater die. Raise the ram all the way. If the bullet did not start into the case, leave the ram up and screw the stem down until be bullet hits the case mouth.
Then lower the ram, screw the stem down 2 revs and raise the ram. This will start seating the bullet.
No I cannot even get it to just slightly sit in the mouth the slightest move and it will fall out before I can set it in the press.
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Flat based bullets can be tricky. Do you have a deburring tool? If you can slightly chamfer the inside of the neck and set the bullet on it, it should go.
There has to be a video or two on youtube. Have a look before they delete them. I just looked, there is even one on loading 270Win.
https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKmMw4aCH3o
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Its not uncommon to have to hold the case/bullet together to run the round up into the die when seating, especially with flat based bullets. The Lee 3 die set should have a dead length seating die if it is a pacesetter set, check your die set and instructions since the setup for roll crimp seaters and the Lee dead length seater are very different. The shell holder is set to touch the dead length seating die while a roll crimp is screwed down onto a case until it touches the mouth then either turned in for crimp or backed out for no crimp. At any rate, even if the bullet is sitting crooked in the case mouth as it enters the die, the die will stand it up square with the mouth in most cases. I've had issues with big bore rifle rounds with short, fat round nose bullets seating crooked but never with spitzers. Just follow the die setup instructions and hold the bullet on the case mouth as you run it up into the die. The die will do the rest once its set up.
Most straight walled cases use a 3 die set.
One of the dies flares the mouth of the case slightly.
Such is not the case with bottleneck rifle sizing dies.
The flat based bullet will not enter the case at all..
this is normal. Just hold the bullet until you start it
into the seating dies. It will straighten and seat just fine. Dave.
One of the dies flares the mouth of the case slightly.
Such is not the case with bottleneck rifle sizing dies.
The flat based bullet will not enter the case at all..
this is normal. Just hold the bullet until you start it
into the seating dies. It will straighten and seat just fine. Dave.
You hold the bullet in place wih your fingers as you pull the handle and raise the ram. The seating die will keep it in place once the bullet nose enters the die and you can then remove your fingers. This is normal.
