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Old 04-05-2017, 12:18 AM
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+1 on more belling of the case.

Mostly if you are loading new or once fired brass from another weapon.
I was loading 100 new once fired brass and the first five test loads were
"Funny" with the bullet not seating right.

The cases were almost spotless, close to new, which threw me a curve.
I had to resize and bell the case before things worked out.
Without the resizing, the case was too large from firing to put
enough pressure on the bullet.

I also noticed that one bullet took a lot of pressure to seat.
I took the other 95 cases and increased the belling for later loads to work without any problems.

There are no short cuts........
Now I know that I need to size all of my acquired brass before using it......... then a case flare that is enough for the bullet to start, not just sit on top of the case.


Good shooting.

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