rcbs carbide dies set?

[shodog805]

so im new to the reloading world and have only been reloading for about 2 months. i just bought a set of rcbs carbide dies for my 40 S&W and was supprised that there was not a crimping die inculded. is this a mistake or am i just looking at it all wrong. included was a sizeing die an expander and a seater but no crimper. can someone help me out?

[pepsi2451]

I probably can't answer your question, I just loaded my first 50 rounds yesterday. Did it say it crimped? If it is a taper crimp it should say TC on it. I bought a set of RCBS dies in .45 acp and the seater die also crimps.

[gunboat]

It is common for the seater to also crimp - remove the seat screw, put a dummy case with bullet in it and see if it crimps.

[shodog805]

yes you guys are right. the seater does also crimp. thanks for the input

[mvpatriot]

I did the same when I got my 223 dies, 9mm however has 3 dies

[ar15barrels]

Get a separate crimp die.
The ammo gets more consistent if you only seat with one die and then crimp with a different die.

[will227457]

RCBS makes a quality product....third dies seats and crimps