Originally Posted by
Ridge Runner
BTW about any seating die can be set to crimp, so ya gotta watch that, read the adjustment instructions it expains that feature wellRR
Loaded 20 rounds this evening with my new die set. Most of the empty brass would not chamber in my rifle. After resizing, they all chamber nicely. I noticed that after I resized each shell there was a "dimpling" around the shoulder of each shell. The dimpling was not there beforehand. I inspected the die to see if there was a machining error... it looked good visually. I continued through to the end.
The Barnes rep told me NOT to crimp, so I didn't. But the bullets seat at one of the rings, and they were very loose. So I went back and gave them a slight crimp.
Barnes recommended 53 to 58 grains Varget. I went with 55. Anybody see any potential problems here? I don't want to blow my own head off!