Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Dimpling of plated bullets (NOW WITH PICTURES!)
OnTheFly:
--- Quote from: Mudnrox on September 01, 2014, 09:28:12 PM ---The Dillon dies come with both a round nose and a semi-wad cutter into the bullet seating die stem.
From Dillon's website http://www.dillonprecision.com/content/p/9/pid/24469/catid/4/Dillon_Seating_Dies
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SWEET! Thanks. This sounds a lot easer than I thought it was going to be. That may have saved me from pulling out the Dillon instructions, which is strictly against the man code.
Fly
bullit:
"She's got dimples on her BUT(T), she's pretty...."
OnTheFly:
Several people (here and on a national forum) have suggested that I check the seating die stem to make sure it was set up for RN bullets. I was thinking about when I set up the press over a year ago, and it started to come back to me. I remember reading about that, but at the time I thought the instructions said the press came from the factory set up for RN. It wasn't. I went back to read the instructions, and it just said to check to make sure it was set up for the correct type of bullet.
So after manufacturing over 7,000 rounds with the wrong die stem, it finally became apparent with a softer (than FMJ) bullet. All of those first reloads were seated straight with a consistent OAL. Not a single one had anything odd about it, and they all functioned fine.
Thanks to all who suggested checking the seater stem.
Fly
OnTheFly:
--- Quote from: bullit on September 02, 2014, 07:30:33 AM ---"She's got dimples on her BUT(T), she's pretty...."
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Is that like a "Butt(h)er face"?
Fly
GreyGeek:
Before I sold my 9mm Nano I reloaded several hundred rounds of ammo with BerryBullets. I always flared my casing and never had any problems seating the bullet and crimping the case. I used the single stage Lee Anniversary press and dies.
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