Texas Maverick
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11 hours ago, La Sombra said:
@Dusty Morningwoodand @Texas Maverick, thank you for the idea. Fortunately I have my eye on another rifle. @El Catorce needs it for long range since he has a spare gall bladder.
La Sombra
Can't be any better than this one. Might want to change your mind on which one you want before El Catorce sees this. LOL
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39 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said:
Actually, I have a box somewhere marked Rifle Only. Can work!
Might try them out after my monthly match just to try and recover the brass.
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1 hour ago, Abilene, SASS # 27489 said:
Yeah, I think you need a little more crimp now, too. But glad you got it sorted out. As for those wrinkled rounds, just push them real, real hard into the case checker - that will iron them out and then you can shoot them next month at State.
Thanks for the suggestion? Now I know who my true friends are. Lol
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UPDATE:
I just backed off the station 5 crimp die and then started it down until its crimp made it through the case checker. Here is a bullet after stage 4 (bullet seating with no crimp.
Here is the new bullet with just enough crimp to slide into the case checker. Does this look like enough crimp to you guys?
I loaded 60 rounds after this adjustment without anymore crinkles. Hopefully that fixed it. I did find station 5 die loose and not tight against the head like it should have been. Guessing it worked itself loose and I never caught it until now. I still plan on taking it down and doing a good cleaning of the plate and head area.
Thanks everyone for the input.
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Beautiful rifle, La Sombra needs to buy it so one of us doesn't. LOL
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26 minutes ago, Rance - SASS # 54090 said:
Ok.. ain’t the sharpest knife in the drawer but..
Sounds like your using 2 crimp dies to me..
in 2 different stations..
that would certainly give you too much crimp..
I’d try backing off the last one as it seems the first one
is already doing yer crimping..
Just sayin’
I can try that. I have the seating/crimping die set right now to basically just seat the bullet. I let the next station with the crimp die do the crimping. I will back off on the crimp and see if that helps.
Thanks
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2 hours ago, Sam Sackett said:
Is there a chance a few 357 cases got mixed in with your 38’s?
Sam Sackett
I have had a few but they get caught pretty quick. Maybe 2 or 3 in the last year have slipped by my checking.
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10 hours ago, Cholla said:
Length. If the case has stretched, it can cause problems and they need to be trimmed back to the starting point. But, I have never had straight-wall pistol brass grow so long that it caused this issue.
Me either, quess I can get a case gauge and start checking them for length.
Thanks
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11 hours ago, Hells Comin said:
I noticed it was more prevalent with bayou bullets - no so much with badman bullets
I'm seating/ crimping at one station
I am using Cimarron Bullets which is now Boss Bullets.
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14 hours ago, Hells Comin said:
Is your station pin in place at position 5 and the right #
yes
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14 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:
Is it possible that you are way over crimping?
I guess I could be. I have had others check my crimps and all thought they were good. I will back it off some and see if that helps. I have loaded around 10,000 rounds without issue. This just started during the last couple hundred rounds and I get 1 or 2 out of around 10 loads.
Thanks
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2 hours ago, OK Dirty Dan said:
Are you using a combination seat/crimp die? This has happened to me before when I have the die body screwed too far down such that the crimp starts being applied before the seating action is completed. I still use the combo dies but I make double sure they're backed off enough not to crimp, and I then crimp in a separate station.
Same here, combo die seats the bullet and then the last station does the crimping.
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2 hours ago, Krazy Kajun said:
^^^^^this. Check your crimp die by backing it just a little and see if that cures it. I've had the same problem on my 650 and that is what it was.
Kajun
Will try this.
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2 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:
Is it possible that you are way over crimping?
I can back it off some and see if that helps.
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2 hours ago, Leroy Luck said:
Which station is it doing it on?
Not really sure. I don't notice it until I take it our of the tray and put it in the case gauge.
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2 hours ago, Rip Snorter said:
Call Dillon! Are you sorting your brass by size?
Not sure what sorting you are asking about. It is sorted by caliber.
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I am starting to see some reloads that have crinkled brass. It seems to be about every 6th or 7th round out of 10. I am getting ready to take the shell plate off and clean under it and just an overall cleaning of the head. Anyone else have any suggestions or know what is causing this issue? I am only using 3.5 grains of CleanShot so the shell isn't packed with powder. The brass has a nice bell on it and the lead projectile fits into the brass fine. It is crinkled enough that it doesn't fit into my case gauge so catches them but I would like to find the cause and get it corrected.
Thanks for any input on this issue.
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you must have a awfully big pocket for it to fit in.
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Hey Al Bundy built the bathroom of his dream with a large throne and a tv to watch while sitting on the throne. LOL
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Keep in mind it is also not only gun control they are pushing but the whole Covid issue as well. Never trusted Fauci and his professional opinion. They have tried to destroy us. They have played with the data in everything they were involved in. Omitting key information for the liberal cause is their game.
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Prayers up.
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Check with Scarlett and see what her Cleanshot load is. She also has the powder available.
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22 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
Don’t eat such a heavy meal before going to bed.
yeah, Alpo definitely has too much free time on his hands. Looks like around 80% of the posts here are from Alpo visiting the Twilight Zone. LOL
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On 4/15/2024 at 9:13 AM, Abilene, SASS # 27489 said:
And the best weather we've had for it in quite a while!
It was too windy and the sun was too bright. So the sun was in my eyes and the wind blew dust in them as well and that is my story and I am sticking to it as to why I had misses. LOL
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Lets see some dogs
in SASS Wire Saloon
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Looks like they are all having fun.
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