ORIGINAL: statjunk
I went ahead and for simplicity seperated the seating and crimping. I seated all the bullets down to the last ring behind the bullet. On the first crimp something went wrong and the case really buldged bad. I can basically see the bullet through the brass. Is that a throw away? Was it the die being to far down that caused this or was it the seating screw?
Also in order to get the rest of them crimped I backed off on the die and the seating screw. Question: Does the seating screw even need to be in the die for the crimp?
Thanks
Tom
Ok, here is what I do.
First set up the round for seat. Put a sized, primed round in your press and raise the ram to the top. Screw in your seater until it touches the the case mouth, and back up on full turn (to make sure you dont' crimp yet). Start seating, with seater plug backed out alot. Screw in seater plug only (notseater die)until desired seating COL.
Now with seated bullet round with ram all the way up, screw out your seater plug 4 or 5 turns (probably less). Now screw in your seater die (not plug) until you feel it touch the lip of the brass (you want to make sure your seater plug is not contacting your bullet at this point). Screw in 1/8 turn at at time until desired crimp. Now with desired crimp, leave the die in place where it is, and screw down PLUG ONLY until it touches the top of the bullet. I always screw in another 1/8 or less turn for crushing factor. Now, its set to do both crimp and seat.