What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[BigAl52]

Lubed and premiered and sized 25 tonight. Found some nice Hornady 158's but no powder yet
Also reloaded Hornady 45-70s with IMR 4198 - Hopefully hitting the range Wed night

Did you try redoing the rounds that had to much crimp

[Kissmybrass]

Lubed and premiered and sized 25 tonight. Found some nice Hornady 158's but no powder yet
Also reloaded Hornady 45-70s with IMR 4198 - Hopefully hitting the range Wed night

Did you try redoing the rounds that had to much crimp

Not yet. Have to pull the bullets and start over, right?

[BigAl52]

No I would just run them up in the die Like you were going to crimp them after loading them

[Kissmybrass]

No I would just run them up in the die Like you were going to crimp them after loading them

So put the whole cartridge (bullet, primer, powder and all) in the die and that will flatten out the little bubble?

[Rifletom]

No I would just run them up in the die Like you were going to crimp them after loading them

So put the whole cartridge (bullet, primer, powder and all) in the die and that will flatten out the little bubble?

Ohh, what/where is the little bubble? .45-70 correct?

[BigAl52]

No I would just run them up in the die Like you were going to crimp them after loading them

So put the whole cartridge (bullet, primer, powder and all) in the die and that will flatten out the little bubble?

Yes just like you were going to crimp it from the start. Screw that lee die in till it touches the case then lower the ram screw that die in a little at a time and see if it doesnt flatten out the crimp a little. Ive done it before and it usually works great

[Kissmybrass]

No I would just run them up in the die Like you were going to crimp them after loading them

So put the whole cartridge (bullet, primer, powder and all) in the die and that will flatten out the little bubble?

Ohh, what/where is the little bubble? .45-70 correct?

Yeah 4570 and the crimp caused the mouth of the shells to bubble out a little too much on a couple of them

[RanchRoper]

I have shot a few boxes of 45 Colt this summer, once the cooler weather hits I'll be back in reloading mode.

[Rifletom]

So put the whole cartridge (bullet, primer, powder and all) in the die and that will flatten out the little bubble?

Ohh, what/where is the little bubble? .45-70 correct?

Yeah 4570 and the crimp caused the mouth of the shells to bubble out a little too much on a couple of them

Hmm. Lee makes a die called, I believe, the "Bulge Buster" just for that purpose. Have never used one, but, have read about it.I'd look into that or figure out what exactly caused the bulge.
Edit: It doesn't look like Lee makes one for the 45-70. Damn! Research time.

[Vaquero]

Well, it's a raining here today, so I guess I'll play at the bench today.
Gonna start with some good ole 30-30's, 173 gr cast over 9.5 grs Unique.
Should be some nice gong ringers.
Then maybe some 223's just cause.

RP

[Hatchdog]

^^^^^^^^

I have a Lee Bulge Buster in 40 cal that I used to use when loading 40 S&W brass fired in a Glock. I believe the Bulge Buster die is specifically designed for that purpose. I use Lee Factory Crimp Dies for handgun loads which does a second full length sizing when applying the crimp. Not sure if Lee makes a FCD in 45/70 or not.

[Kissmybrass]

Ohh, what/where is the little bubble? .45-70 correct?

Yeah 4570 and the crimp caused the mouth of the shells to bubble out a little too much on a couple of them

Hmm. Lee makes a die called, I believe, the "Bulge Buster" just for that purpose. Have never used one, but, have read about it.I'd look into that or figure out what exactly caused the bulge.
Edit: It doesn't look like Lee makes one for the 45-70. Damn! Research time.

Hey thanks for that info! I have a Lee Factory Die (bought off of Big Al) that I'm going to try next. Just doesn't work on my shorter Hornady brass but am gonna use on my regular 45-70 reloads

[BigAl52]

So there isn’t enough thread length to reach that shorter brass KMB. Seems to me it should be able to handle that those cases are about .020 or .030 shorter if I remember correctly

[Rifletom]

Yeah 4570 and the crimp caused the mouth of the shells to bubble out a little too much on a couple of them

Hmm. Lee makes a die called, I believe, the "Bulge Buster" just for that purpose. Have never used one, but, have read about it.I'd look into that or figure out what exactly caused the bulge.
Edit: It doesn't look like Lee makes one for the 45-70. Damn! Research time.

Hey thanks for that info! I have a Lee Factory Die (bought off of Big Al) that I'm going to try next. Just doesn't work on my shorter Hornady brass but am gonna use on my regular 45-70 reloads

Kmb, I just read on the Lee website for 45-70, they have two FCD's; one for standard length 45-70 cases, the othe for the "LeverEveluyion" cases, which are shorter. The standard one will NOT work with the shorter cases.

[BigAl52]

Well that answers that question thanks Tom. Id had never tried any of those shorter cases as I thought if I was going to use that ammo I would just buy it. No more than I would be using.

[Kissmybrass]

Hmm. Lee makes a die called, I believe, the "Bulge Buster" just for that purpose. Have never used one, but, have read about it.I'd look into that or figure out what exactly caused the bulge.
Edit: It doesn't look like Lee makes one for the 45-70. Damn! Research time.

Hey thanks for that info! I have a Lee Factory Die (bought off of Big Al) that I'm going to try next. Just doesn't work on my shorter Hornady brass but am gonna use on my regular 45-70 reloads

Kmb, I just read on the Lee website for 45-70, they have two FCD's; one for standard length 45-70 cases, the othe for the "LeverEveluyion" cases, which are shorter. The standard one will NOT work with the shorter cases.

Yeah I did research that out. Didn't know there was a second die - I'll be grabbing that one
The RCBS cowboy dies work great on the Hornady shorties!

shorties IMR 4895 IMR 4198.jpeg (140.2 KiB) Viewed 1734 times

RCBS roll crimp.jpeg (102.11 KiB) Viewed 1734 times

I'm taking these guys to the range today...
black ringed primers are IMR 4895 (1400 fps I think) and the others are IMR 4180 (1800 fps)
There was just enough room for that length

[BigAl52]

Looks like alot of ouch factor to me there.

[Vaquero]

Looks like alot of ouch factor to me there.

Bet that one in the 1800 fps bracket will be.

RP

[BigAl52]

Id need to put on that Chris LeDoux song Tougher Than the Rest on, on the way to the range just to get pumped up.

[Kissmybrass]

Have fun Al! I'll be hitting' paper in a few short hours