Bullets sometimes seat "crooked"
Quote from Reloader on April 5, 2009, 8:27 pmI loaded 1,000 (and shot) .40 S&W, and found a few things that went wrong. After I loaded them, I did an inspection of every single one.
1) About 30 of the cartridges had bullets seat kind of sideways, I guess. The base of the bullet was bending out the side of the brass.
2) The other thing I noticed is quite a few of the loaded cartridges had a hourglass figure. Some more pronounced than others.
What can I do to fix problem #1, and is problem #2 normal?
I loaded 1,000 (and shot) .40 S&W, and found a few things that went wrong. After I loaded them, I did an inspection of every single one.
1) About 30 of the cartridges had bullets seat kind of sideways, I guess. The base of the bullet was bending out the side of the brass.
2) The other thing I noticed is quite a few of the loaded cartridges had a hourglass figure. Some more pronounced than others.
What can I do to fix problem #1, and is problem #2 normal?
Quote from Reloader on April 5, 2009, 9:13 pmmaybe adjust the case mouth flaring? if you don't get the answer fast enough here try the www.reloadbench.com more traffic there.
maybe adjust the case mouth flaring? if you don't get the answer fast enough here try the http://www.reloadbench.com  more traffic there.
Quote from Reloader on April 6, 2009, 3:55 pmWhen adjusting the dies, have a case up in the die, including activating the powder measure, then tighten the die lock rings with cases up in all the dies. This makes sure the dies are centered in the toolhead, and in the case of the powder measure die, amkes sure the expander funnel goes straight into the case.
The waspwaist you see on loaded rounds is normal. This ensures sufficient tension on the bullet to prevent it from getting pushed back into the case when the cartridge feeds into the chamber.
When adjusting the dies, have a case up in the die, including activating the powder measure, then tighten the die lock rings with cases up in all the dies. This makes sure the dies are centered in the toolhead, and in the case of the powder measure die, amkes sure the expander funnel goes straight into the case.
The waspwaist you see on loaded rounds is normal. This ensures sufficient tension on the bullet to prevent it from getting pushed back into the case when the cartridge feeds into the chamber.