If bullets are not coated, try to get 10-13 BHN bullets and not HARD bullets. Hard bullets actually have a tendency to lead more as they can't be bumped up in diameter by pressure like a softer alloy...
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If bullets are not coated, try to get 10-13 BHN bullets and not HARD bullets. Hard bullets actually have a tendency to lead more as they can't be bumped up in diameter by pressure like a softer alloy...
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Been more than happy with my Lee Decapping Die after 15 years of use. Yes, you have REALLY tighten the lock nut.
Glad you have something you like.
Lock-Out dies work great. Why stop and check weights when you can have a die do the job for you EVERY TIME? Also, always LOOK in each charged case.
Keep powder out of sunlight/UV.
Be sure the...
The issue is if the bullet sticks in the bore and you don’t know you have a bore obstruction. I’ve gone down to 1.5gn without issue.
Hour glass (wasp waist) is GOOD. Don't like Dillon sizing dies as they don't size as low down the case as others. Prefer Lee or Hornady New Dimension.
9x19 is tapered. Wasp waist is quite common...
Sorry, no. Dillon dies don't even really touch the area where bulges appear. .45 Auto should never have a bulge due to low pressure.
Don't know if I've commented before, but:
All current swaged bullets at 11-13 BHN, plenty hard enough for even a .44 Rem Mag.
Bullets must FIT.
The best wadcutters, and the cheapest, were...
The idea of bulges .45 Auto cases is sort of scary.
My own rule is that if I can SEE the bulge, the case is ruined.
For 9x19 and 9x21, I use the Lee 9mm Mak FCD to bust bulges.
Amazing how even my...
If the bulge is at the base of the seated bullet, you are seating the bullet crooked.
You need to check that your expander is actually opening the case ID to about 0.002" smaller than actual bullet...
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The solution to chambering problems is to determine the cause:
Take the barrel out of the gun. Drop rounds in until you find one that won't chamber. Take that round and "paint" the bullet and case...
Dillon 550: only four die stations, where I usually need five. Manual indexing, where I found that it was easy to "forget" and double charge.
Dillon 650: nearly ideal, but only with case collator....
For bottleneck cases I use my 40+ year old RCBS lube pad and RCBS lube. Never had a stuck case or other problem, so why change from perfection?
Occasionally, my 9x19 cases are difficult to size. At...
Well, the 9mm Luger has used a 0.355" bullet (nominally) since it was created and the Europeans have used barrels with a groove diameter of 0.358-0.360" since the same period of time. In general, if...
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Skive, Denmark, a place in Denmark
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Skive Airport
Skive station
Let's go back in time to California discovering a dead Condor.
They found a lead bullet in the "stomach." NO, none, nada, testing was done to determine if lead had anything to with the death.
Just...
>Kevlar (aramid) is UHMWPE, isn't it?
NO, polyethylene is really long chain paraffin wax, for all intents and purposes. It is just [R3C-CH2-CH2-CH2]n, where R3 could be simply a carboxyl group....
Lead bullets and revolvers:
The bullet must be sized such that it is a tight slip-fit in the cylinder's throats and at least 0.001" over actual groove diameter of the barrel.
Over-sized bullets are...
God, the question has the same answer for any material--if it is thick enough.
Now, if they mold Kevlar(r) fabric into the PE plate...
Personal opinion:
Obviously the Marines don't want anything to do with the Army, but the request makes sense. Even more sense would be asking about the whole initiative.
Just how much does the new...
I don't know the exact tolerance stack. I don't know the exact processes.
What I do know is that in every competition I have ever been in where accuracy counted, EVERY bullet was jacketed or...
Bonded in 99% of case means plated.
Plated in 99% of cases means not as accurate as jacketed or even cast lead.
Do a search for "bullet keyholing" and I'll bet you read a lot about plated bullets....
Design and velocity.
meplate size
scoring of jacket
thickness of jacket
impact velocity
impact energy transfer
and probably many other variables.