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Reloading Newbie Questions - Flaring and Crimping
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<blockquote data-quote="Pulp" data-source="post: 1749959" data-attributes="member: 14195"><p>When a book says a max length, that is based on their pressure testing, not someone else's, so you sometimes get different lengths from different manuals. </p><p></p><p>Flaring: like others have said, as little flare as needed to start a bullet. Flatbased bullets need a bit more than taper based bullets. Too much flare may cause crimping troubles. I know in .44-40 I sometimes get a bulge below the crimp if I put too much flare on the case. The only way to get that bulge out is to pull the de-priming pin from the resizing die and run it through again. Not good for accuracy, but excellent for easy feeding in tight chambered guns. I've never had to do that with .45ACP, but I'm pretty new at loading them also.</p><p></p><p>Crimping: most folks say the Lee Factory Crimp die is as good as it gets. Not everyone, mind you, but most. Use the regular seating/ crimping die for seating only, then run it through the FCD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pulp, post: 1749959, member: 14195"] When a book says a max length, that is based on their pressure testing, not someone else's, so you sometimes get different lengths from different manuals. Flaring: like others have said, as little flare as needed to start a bullet. Flatbased bullets need a bit more than taper based bullets. Too much flare may cause crimping troubles. I know in .44-40 I sometimes get a bulge below the crimp if I put too much flare on the case. The only way to get that bulge out is to pull the de-priming pin from the resizing die and run it through again. Not good for accuracy, but excellent for easy feeding in tight chambered guns. I've never had to do that with .45ACP, but I'm pretty new at loading them also. Crimping: most folks say the Lee Factory Crimp die is as good as it gets. Not everyone, mind you, but most. Use the regular seating/ crimping die for seating only, then run it through the FCD. [/QUOTE]
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