Need help--seating/crimping

[Boulderar15]

New to reloading and having some issues.

have hornady lnl, using the new hornady dies, having issues with 9mm, various types of brass, berrys 115s

About one in every 10 reloads the bullet doesn't crimp right. I can push the bullet into the brass with my fingers.

at first I thought it was a certain brass, but after this last batch it doesn't seem to be brass specific.

I'll load one WIN and it is fine. Next one I can push in.

no rhythm or reason?

TIA

[Zombie Steve]

Neck tension comes from the sizing die, not the crimp die. I'd look there first.

[ray1970]

Sounds to me like the seating/crimping die need a bit more adjustment.

[Zombie Steve]

I still think it's the sizing die, but I'd also measure a handful of bullets... are they .355"?


Remember - a taper crimp is just removing the flare you put in the case to start the bullet. If you're squeezing the crap out it, you're resizing the bullet. Taper crimp just enough so it drops in and out of your chamber freely (take the barrel out first... it will be safer and easier).

[Coffee]

[Boulderar15]

I just took out all of the dies and started fresh.

I believe it was the neck expander that was causing the issue.

Just weird that it was consistent.

thanks


happy Easter!!

[SideShow Bob]

You are using a de-priming / resizing die first aren't you ? The only time that I had that problem was when I grabbed the wrong container of brass that went through a universal de-primer die but not through a full length sizing die.

[eneranch]

I just took out all of the dies and started fresh.

I believe it was the neck expander that was causing the issue.

Just weird that it was consistent.

thanks


happy Easter!!

This sounds like the culprit to me also; I adjust the Expander so that it only flares the case mouth a little bit, just enough for a bullet to sit there while I raise the ram (single-stage press) when seating.