are you crimping the case mouth? i just started handloading about six months ago so i don't have the experience that most of the folks on this board have. but when i started loading the 308win i was doing a lot of experimenting with different techniques and one thing i noticed was when i adjusted the die to far down in order get a heavy roll crimp was that i would get some crushing around the base of the shoulder and around the base of the neck. i didn't need a heavy roll crimp but i was just experimenting with bullets and un-charged cases.

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Edited by - cam2 on 01/13/2003 16:46:31