Re: First reloads
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:36 pm
Yes, Hoot, I seated the bullets to 2.183 C.O.L. and gave them a taper crimp of .474 to.475 , which is what I believe was in your article and is printed in the Lyman AR Reloading Manual. I think I'll go back and remeasure the crimps of each of the leftover rounds to see if I come up with the same numbers. I measured them with the Hornady digital caliper that I have, but I will plan to pick up a micrometer when I can. As far as the equipment I'm using, I am running on a single stage press (RCBS), so I complete each operation on all the cases before I move to the next operation. I also visually inspected the cases and powder charges often. I did not, however, inspect the new primers before installing them, but I did look at each case to make sure the primers seated all the way. For that operation, I am using the RCBS hand primer that came with my kit. I have the priming arm that attaches to the press, but the hand primer seems to do a good job. Now, it is a good point with case lube on the hands. I wiped my hands and the cases, but maybe I didn't get all of it off with the paper towels. Maybe I should be using a cloth rag for that. I don't know. What I do know is that I want to do this the right way. I'm not sure if I should hit the leftover rounds with a touch more crimp and try firing them or if I should just pull the bullets and start back at square 1. I'm leaning heavily toward starting over.