Thank you for posting this video. You covered all the steps very clearly. Production quality could be better. But who am I to criticise minutiae unless I do a better job on my own video. Good job.
That Lee die is called a post crimp die and it sizes a loaded round to make sure it will chamber after the loading process in case there was any dimension abnormalities after the process.
The Lee bulge buster still requies purchase of the factory crimp die, it just gives you a better "shell pusher" that goes into the ram (even safe to run loaded rounds into) and a way to speed things up. I personally wouldn't do this more than once, as it weakens the brass. I bought a Lone Wolf barrel for my Glocks in10 mm. These barrels support the case heads better and allow use of cast bullets.
IMHO. I scrap all cases that won't fit correctly into my case gauge after resizing. It's faster to drop the case into the case gauge than it is to process them through the bulge buster. Cases that were fired in a Glock original factory barrel that have a bulge can't safely be reloaded because the metal is thinner at the bulge and the bulge buster doesn't restore the brass to it's original thickness. The bulge weakens the case. Brass is cheaper than a visit to the ER.
I just did a bunch like that except I’m using the push rod from my .30 cal sizing die. What a lot of work I don’t know if it’s because the push rod is longer but it violent everything is falling all over my bench is separating but it’s shit anyway but it’s so Violent the palm of my hand is killing me. Maybe because they are nickel plated or something.
Thank you for posting this video. You covered all the steps very clearly. Production quality could be better. But who am I to criticise minutiae unless I do a better job on my own video. Good job.
That Lee die is called a post crimp die and it sizes a loaded round to make sure it will chamber after the loading process in case there was any dimension abnormalities after the process.
The Lee bulge buster still requies purchase of the factory crimp die, it just gives you a better "shell pusher" that goes into the ram (even safe to run loaded rounds into) and a way to speed things up. I personally wouldn't do this more than once, as it weakens the brass. I bought a Lone Wolf barrel for my Glocks in10 mm. These barrels support the case heads better and allow use of cast bullets.
IMHO. I scrap all cases that won't fit correctly into my case gauge after resizing. It's faster to drop the case into the case gauge than it is to process them through the bulge buster. Cases that were fired in a Glock original factory barrel that have a bulge can't safely be reloaded because the metal is thinner at the bulge and the bulge buster doesn't restore the brass to it's original thickness. The bulge weakens the case. Brass is cheaper than a visit to the ER.
15:38 Disclaimer, DONT DO THIS IF YOU THINK ITS UNSAFE.
I just did a bunch like that except I’m using the push rod from my .30 cal sizing die. What a lot of work I don’t know if it’s because the push rod is longer but it violent everything is falling all over my bench is separating but it’s shit anyway but it’s so Violent the palm of my hand is killing me. Maybe because they are nickel plated or something.
Is that a Lee crimp die? I tried it with an rcbs die and it didnt work
Yep just a LEE factory crimp die. Remember you still need to size them with a factory die after that.
Per Lee, you size them FIRST.
Does anyone have a
Reloading press for sale and dies for. 45 long colt
Your camera movement makes me dizzy.
My god you take forever to get to any point! This is a hard video to watch. Sorry but that was brutal.