Today at the Bench.....

[Mbaker78]

Did that damage the bullets?


JTD

Oh yeah. But they were undersized cast bullets, so they just went back in the pot to make some more.

it turns out that a factory crimp die is no good for cast bullets. They were sized to .401, the ones pulled after running trough a FCD measured .397-.399”, so I was getting really bad leading after as few as 60 rounds.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

Oh yeah. But they were undersized cast bullets, so they just went back in the pot to make some more.

it turns out that a factory crimp die is no good for cast bullets. They were sized to .401, the ones pulled after running trough a FCD measured .397-.399”, so I was getting really bad leading after as few as 60 rounds.

Ok. On bullets I’m going to toss I use pliers. Ones I want to save get the inertia hammer out.


JTD