Purchased a Lee press and Rcbs dies.
I am trying to get everything set up before I start using powder.
If I just use a crimp it seems I'm crimping to much or to little. The crimp on these looks ok to me but here is the problem.
If I do not run the brass through the die to resize it, the bullet is to loose and can be easily pushed further into the shell with little effort.
If I resize the brass it seems to tight because the bullet expands the brass visibly.
Both cartridges were belled and then crimped.
One was resized the other was not. You should be able to tell from the ring in the brass.
I am trying to get everything set up before I start using powder.
If I just use a crimp it seems I'm crimping to much or to little. The crimp on these looks ok to me but here is the problem.
If I do not run the brass through the die to resize it, the bullet is to loose and can be easily pushed further into the shell with little effort.
If I resize the brass it seems to tight because the bullet expands the brass visibly.
Both cartridges were belled and then crimped.
One was resized the other was not. You should be able to tell from the ring in the brass.