Shavings while seating...

[stilly]

Chamfer the brass, or flare a little more. The biggest obstacle you will encounter when flaring brass is uneven height when using mixed brass. Anytime I shave a bullet it is always with a very short case that just happens to bee in my batch of mixed brass.

I know what you mean. Some of that Hornady brass for .44 or .357 is shorter than regular loads. Especially if I purchased the FTX I think.

But yeah. Too short does NOT reach the flare = shaved or bullets that will tip over once placed on top.


So it was a flaring issue? Glad to see OP got it corrected...

[wbunning]

A little adjustment on the flare was all i needed to do......

Cool.. glad you got it figured out :-)

[tonyjr]

Carcassonne
There are 2 sizes of the reamer
I hand deprime and prime , clean the primer pocket , flash hole
And into tumbler .
The reamer is used more to find a bent case but also flares and
removes little nicks . [ you can get very small nicks / bends
That you don't see just from the casing hitting ground .
BTW - if you flare / ream to much - you will end up with a few
Split cases but that could be from to many reloads . Same with
reaming primer pockets - loose primers .
I don't use plated or coated bullets - I tried free-bee in the 357 ,
44 and 50 AE - Besides leaving stuff on end of barrel , the gas
Ports / piston had stuff build up . They may be all right for revolvers
, But not for my semi's .
I only reload jacketed