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Sounds a lot like your scale could be drifting. Have you weighted the same charge 10 times in a row to see if it's always the same? Yes, I have reweighed items many times. The powder I am using is 700x.

I am not using a beam scale, I am using a digital lyman, so my weights I assume are accurate. I am also not using a lee crimp die, I am using the dillon crimp die that came in the 45 auto 3 die set.

I think I have it figured out. I guess I just was not crimping enough. I do not feel like changing everything around to see what the Rainer jhp bullets would do. I am going to shoot this first 50 and see how things go. Also, I checked just about every other load grain and it varies quite a bit from 4.3-4.9 with this powder measure from Dillon. Is that about what to expect?

The crimp did do it, however now brass flakes are falling off each round and I can only get it down to .470

Ok, I finally have had time to take a look at this. What is going on? I am stumped. All the measurements are within spec from the lyman book, but they still do not fit in the chamber. These do however fit in the magazine. I am using dillon dies with the crimper. And these are missouri bullet 200gr swc. So here is a once fired shell from factory; And here are three pics of overall length, width at the top and width at the bottom. Any ideas why these are bulging and not going into the barrel?

major pf? Remember I am new, what is pf?

I have tight group and 700x, any loads for those?

I ordered some on Monday and they were here in 2 days, that is awesome. But here is the question, I ordered 500 of 200gr swc in 18 brinell and 12 brinell. I understand the 18 are for faster velocities. But since I do not have a chrono, should I just load at the higher of the recommended scale out of the Lyman book? I don't recall the actual numbers, but if the low grain is 4.1 and the high is 5.2, should I start with the 4.1 on the 12 brinell bullets and the 5.2 on the 18?

Yes I got the video, I have reloaded before, so I have a generalized knowledge of it. It is just a new machine and a new learning curve.

It wont let me post a pic of the powder measure since I am new, but if you look under the reloading area of the high road forums, you can see my post under the user name gasitman. I am not so sure the measure should stay open like this, if not for the fail safe it would never close.

OK, so the only problem during set up is the black shoot on the right side of the press was all bent and would not let the ram go down all the way, I had to bend it and now the paint is peeling, are these troublesome? Next, on the powder measure, does it act as a expanding die? Because mine is. I loaded it up with the expander die I had, but I am not so sure I need it. Can someone clarify this please. And my powder measure sure does stick often, I have the rod set up, but if that was not there, it would not go back to the closed position on its own.

My name is Steve and I just put an order in with Brian on a xl 650 after reading about him on the high road. I am a new reloader, about a year. I had a hornady lock and load, but sold it after many problems. I am excited to get my Dillon.