Reloaded 9mm question?
- Thread starter sailor723
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I loaded 9mm for years on a 3 die Lee set up in my Dillon 550. No problems.
Then, all of a sudden, i would get the odd round that would not chamber. Too fat.
I use range pick up brass and soon discovered that a brand of east European brass was causing the problem.
I installed a Lee Factory crimp die to take over crimping duties (just enough to take the flare off) and it also sized the occasional fat case.
This might reduce the accuracy of such a fat round, but it does guarantee 100% function, which is more important for my style of shooting.
Then, all of a sudden, i would get the odd round that would not chamber. Too fat.
I use range pick up brass and soon discovered that a brand of east European brass was causing the problem.
I installed a Lee Factory crimp die to take over crimping duties (just enough to take the flare off) and it also sized the occasional fat case.
This might reduce the accuracy of such a fat round, but it does guarantee 100% function, which is more important for my style of shooting.
After adding the Lee FCD to my process I don't even bother with case gauges. I don't recall any issues whatsoever in many tens of thousands of rounds.
- Location
- Calgary, AB
Yes, the Lee FCD works very well. I highly recommend.
Yours look fine (albeit wasp-waisted). The OP's do not (possibly buckled). But it's a poor photo, so it's hard to be certain.
It looks like the apparent "bulge" in the OP's photos are in the middle of the case, in the empty space. Yours is where it should be, at the base of the bullet.
Exactly - If you want bullseye performance, then of course you're going to be loading identical bullets with consistent charges into consistent cases.
If your main concern is making it go "bang", the FCD solves a lot of potential problems. I love em!
