Download our Android App!
Sage's Android App
Download our Apple App!
Sage's Apple App

Donate to Sages

Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: .223 Trouble

  1. #1

    Title
    Premium Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2018
    Location
    SW Ohio
    Posts
    42

    .223 Trouble

    Why is the neck, right by the bullet, expanding out enough to fail the gauge check? The cases are fine before the bullet is placed in teh neck. Doing it with two different seating dies? Defeated by the picture up load as well. Good night.

  2. #2

    Title
    Premium Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2018
    Location
    New York
    Posts
    100
    Did you bell the case mouth before seating? I use the Lyman M die for this. Maybe you belled the case mouth to much. Are the bullets the correct diameter if to large will cause this. Are you crimping after bullet seating?

  3. #3
    JeffreyDeGraff's Avatar
    Title
    Premium Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2018
    Location
    North Texas
    Posts
    2,367
    If you are crimping, and crimping with your seating die, if your cases are a little too long, it could bulge the neck a little

  4. #4

    Title
    Premium Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2018
    Location
    SW Ohio
    Posts
    42
    Aggressive chauffeuring appears to solve the problem. No belling, no crimping. The brass is in spec for length but just. Might trim more next time. The nick knacks for .223 are killing the save money model.

  5. #5

    Title
    Premium Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2018
    Location
    New York
    Posts
    100
    I trim my brass to 1.75 some go smaller

  6. #6
    sagela's Avatar
    Title
    Moderator
    Join Date
    Jul 2018
    Posts
    127
    Assuming properly processed brass, proper bullets, the LEE Factory Crimp die solves most of these probs.
    Seat, but don't crimp, with your seating die, then crimp with the FC. C.O.A.L. grows
    2-4 thousandths between seating and crimping; easy enough to adjust for.
    Neck tension tends to be more uniform.



Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •