If some thing feels wrong stop!

[Abenaki]

I was loading some 45 acp today.

I have 200 rounds that I tumbled, sized, flared and primed a few weeks ago.

I use a singe stage press, cause I have some learning disabilities. And I find it relaxing.

I filled 50 cases with powder and started seating bullets. It felt strange. They were too easy to seat.

I took one and pushed the bullet in with my thumb. ok. let me crimp it and see what happens. I could still push it in. Just a little harder.

Either, I skipped the resizing or I may have used my crimp die to resize.

Just a reminder that we need to pay attention. If things don't seem right stop and check it out.

Be safe
Abenaki

['ol shooter]

Taper crimping a lead bullet just makes it loose, the brass springs back but the lead doesn't, been there done that. I just crimp enough to remove the bell. Roll crimping is a different story.
Sorry for your loss.

[Abenaki]

I just wanted to see what would happen if I crimped.

As far as a loss....just some time.

But, it was a good reminder to me, to always pay attention to details.

Take care
Abenaki

[ironhorse1]

I once ordered some Remington .45 acp brass and there were many cases that were too thin to hold a bullet.

I even resized and tested the brass with another bullet and could still push the bullet easily into the case.

If your brass was Remington then that may be the cause. Remington brass always seems to have the least resistance when seating. I generally save that brass for cast bullets only.

irh

[bergmen]

Your case expander die is what sizes the case to grip the bullet. It is this tension, not the crimp that is most important. I would disassemble the expander die and inspect and measure the mandrel. These can often get coated with brass (and other contaminants) to effect accurate sizing. I just did this with my .357 expander die and it was pretty cruddy.

I chucked it up in the drill press and polished it with Flitz. Smooth as a baby's butt now.

Dan

[the86d]

Once "setup correctly", most progressives offer an ease for those not paying close attention... although I visually check each charge when "progressing"...

The problem with progressives is that problem solving when crap-goes-sideways it's worse... but more rare(?) if statically-locked in the tool-head.

Maybe label the dies with 1, 2, 3 (4++)?

Just my thoughts, and I have known to be wrong... rare...

[divingin]

I filled 50 cases with powder and started seating bullets. It felt strange. They were too easy to seat.

Well, on the plus side, they'll be easy to break down, as you have little bullet-pull to overcome.

Pull the bullets, recovering what powder you can. Remove the decapping rod from your sizing die, size the brass, and load them back up.