Seating bullet alignment defect

[bobpel]

I have just reloaded my first 3 rounds and i can see that the bullet axis is not in line with the case axis. What am i doing wrong? I'm reloading 9mm on a lee classic turret press with a 3 dies set. The bullet is Nosler JHP 115 grain and the COL is 1.125".

Is there too much powder volume ? I use 6.7 grain of Hodgon HS6.

 

[BC_Guy]

It's called runout, there's probably a ton of threads on the site.

There's a bunch of possible reasons for it and I'm sure far more knowledgeable folks will chime in, but if I recall your dies are the usual culprit. Lee dies are generally fine (some even prefer them), but you may want to double check everything is set up correctly.

I sincerely doubt it's the powder, Hodgdon lists 6.7gr of HS6 as a min load for a 115gr bullet.