Reloading

jjce11

November 01, 2001 08:15

I just started reloading last night. I bought the lee anniversary kit and the problem i have is when i seat the round i seat it in too far. i dont know when to stop applying pressure to the lever. Can anyone help me out. BTW i'm reloading 45 acp

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  jjce11

  November 01, 2001 08:15

  Hey guy's, first off I would like to thank everyone for all the advice and comments you have made regarding my questions. I would like to get into reloading and recently saw an item on GB. The # is
  14479963. Is this a good purchase or are there better deals with dies out there. I dont know a damn thing about it so give me everything you've got.
  
  Thanks
  
  Larry

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  john carr

  November 01, 2001 08:47

  I'm not familiar with the Lee but in my Lyman press I screw in the bullet seating die with the seating "plug" most of the way out, put a factory round in the shell holder, bring the round into the seating die far as possible, screw the "plug" down till touches the top of the factory round, lock in place there. You wont be concerned with crimp on the ACP round. Hope this isn't as confusing as it looks when I go back and read it.

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  spclark

  November 01, 2001 09:23

  Proper bullet seating depth isn't a function of "knowing when to stop...."Your seating die should first be screwed in far enough to just clear the ram / cartridge holder when the ram is up ALL THE WAY; then screw the seating plug into your seating die so that your bullet is forced down & the resulting cartridge measures out at your desired cartridge overall length. If you're also using your seating die to taper crimp your 45ACP loads, you MIGHT have to play with the seating die depth setting (first step in setting up) to get the crimp right when the bullet is simultaneously seated to the desired depth.You DO have a decent caliper to read COL, yes? (misspelled the first posting here....)You should also have an inertia bullet puller (for those mistakes) and I recommend setting up your press / die with NO PRIMER OR PROPELLANT in a typical reloadable case, just for safety's sake.[This message has been edited by spclark (edited 11-01-2001).][This message has been edited by spclark (edited 11-01-2001).]

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  rg666

  November 01, 2001 09:49

  spclark is on the money. You need a caliper to determine the max overall length of the completed round. You get this from a factory round by measuring or from a reload manual. This will help you to get the seating die set properly. The lever should "always" be pulled to its maximum once the proper setting is determined. Call Lee & they will walk you through the process step by step. DO NOT TAKE ANY CHANCES. I don't want to see you get injured. RG

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  Shootist3006

  November 01, 2001 09:53

  jj: There should have been a book with the kit. STOP what you are doing and read the book. Then ask at your club or range for an experienced reloader and get his help.If you have any reloaded ammo, set it aside for eventual breakdown - don't shoot it!Get some help before you do anything else.

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  Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis

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  Iconoclast

  November 01, 2001 19:37

  jj, do as Shootist said before you cause some serious harm to your equipment, yourself or others. Reloading is a reasonably simple process, but ya gotta follow the rules, man. And the first rule is KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE - read the book. This is one time that 'when in doubt, read the directions' is going be a disastrous approach.

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  JustC

  November 02, 2001 04:06

  jj, ditto on the advice about measuring a factory round. This measurement along with what the book gives as OAL are good places to start. Also everyone is correct in telling you to screw the die down until the lever just tightens up on it at the end of the stroke. When the handle is almost all the way pressed, it should contact the shell holder and just barely "cam over". you should only feel this contact at the end of the stroke. Then screw the seater plug all the way out and insert the factory round and screw the plug down until it contacts the bullet of the factory round. This should give you a real close setting on the die. You should also have an experienced reloader present to make sure you are doing it right foe the first couple of times.

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  jjce11

  November 02, 2001 15:40

  thanks for the help all. For futher clarification i'll have someone demonstrate everything step by step in line with the manual i have. Thanks all

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