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ginmaster
Thanks for the help guy's. Not sure where I would be without it. My question is in regards to the final stage. I reloaded 25 rounds of .41 mag last night and most if not all show some signs of a buldge at the bottom of the bullet or at least you can see exactlly where the base of the bullet is in regards to the case. Some of the buldges are only one sided. Looking at the top and examining the crimp they appear to straight. Does the buldge mean that the bullet is not straight? Are they useable?
Thanks again.[8D]

Born To Hunt... Forced To Work... #@!#$!!
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  • ginmaster
    Does brand new brass need to be resized? You know, do I have to run it through the first die of a three die set?
    Thanks guy's.[8D]

    I'm getting there. I've got everything in place, brass, primers, bullets, powder, lube, dies, press (thanks to a fellow GB member) and I am awaiting the scale. I decided to go with a digital scale I purchased off the internet. I've even decided to start looking for a Marlin 1894FG in .41 mag, but I'll probably have to trade some other toys for that. Seems logical to realy save on ammo prices by shooting a single action pistol and a lever action carbine in the same caliber. Not to mention they both will used for hunting.[8D]

    Born To Hunt... Forced To Work... #@!#$!!
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  • Tailgunner1954
    The're useable and what your seeing is not uncommon.
    Remember that the size die squeezes the brass down a little further than it needs to be, and when the bullet is seated it opens it back up enough to fit. The tension of the case being stretched around the bullet is a large part of what holds the bullet inplace (in a bottle neck cartridge it (neck tension) is very often the ONLY thing that holds the bullet in place).

    Whittemore
    Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.
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  • perry shooter
    HELLO I DON'T THINK THE BULLETS ARE SEATED CROOKED BUT RATHER YOUR RESIZEING DIE IS ON THE SMALL SIZE OR BULLETS ARE ON THE LARGE SIZE. WHEN YOU SIZE A CASE IT MAKES IT SMALL THEN WHEN YOU SEAT THE BULLET THAT EXPANDES THE CASE WHERE THE BULLET IS. IF THE ROUND WILL GO INTO THE CYL THEN YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM.IF YOU USE A ROLL CRIMP AND HAVE IT ADJUSTED TOO TIGHT SOME TIMES THIS WILL MAKE A BULDGE JUST BELOW THE CRIMP "NOT GOOD" BUT YOUR CASE HAS THE BULDGE AT THE BASE OF BULLET. RIGHT ?
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  • Iconoclast
    gm, if they were seated at a cant, you would likely see damage to the case mouth and almost certainly some fine gilding metal shavings on one side. Such bulges are not at all unusual. Part of it (beyond the die design described by others) is due to the fact the walls on some brass are thicker than other casings. This is the reason serious match shooters pay so much attention to such dimensional minutia. For casual shooting, even casual competitive shooting, it isn't going to affect things all that much - especially in a revolver . . . I've never seen any, not that I consider myself a good shot.

    "There is nothing lower than the human race - except the french." (Mark Twain) ". . . And liberals / demoMAGGOTS" (me)
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  • Pinhead
    All good answers and all correct. If it really bothers you, the die maker can probably ship you an expander ball about .001 or .002 over the size that you have now and get rid of the bulge but I don't think accuracy will be effected one way or the other. Personally I like the tighter grip on the bullet , especially with magnums and slower burning powders. Such powders tend to be a little harder to ignite and sometimes actually benefit from the condition you describe.
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  • ginmaster
    Needless to say this makes me happy.[8D] <
    happy happy.
    Thanks again for the help. I look forward to trying these this weekend. If you don't hear from me again then you'll know that I got everything right but the measuring of powder.[:(]......NOT! I'll go out in a bang but not like that.[8D]

    Born To Hunt... Forced To Work... #@!#$!!
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  • Sunray
    perry shooter, please shut off your caps lock.
    ginmaster, drop 'em, in the cylinder. If they seat properly, they're fine. The case head should seat flush in the cylinder. If the cylinder won't close, you have a problem. However, you will always get a bit of buldging when the bullet spreads the brass as it is seated. The important thing is the loaded round dropping easily into the cylinder.
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