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Originally Posted by Jellybean
If you've done everthing right you don't need a Lee FCD.
Seat and crimp in two seperate steps and if you are getting too much crimp, adjust your dies so it doesn't do it as much.
On a single stage press I use the seat/crimp die to do both steps seperately. On a progressive I usually use a standard Lee seat/crimp die to perform the crimp operation after the bullet was seated in a previous step.
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I concur. I seat and crimp in separate steps using a three die set as well. I have a spare lock ring that I add to my seat/crimp die. It acts as a spacer. I add it, then set my seating depth with a dummy round I keep for the purpose. I then seat my rounds. Afterwards, I remove the extra lock ring off the bottom and crimp.
Chubbs