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FriarWhently

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  1. Just went there today. No small pistol primers...
  2. Looks like they bumped their prices up about $10.00. That sucks...
  3. DWFAN: that's the kicker. I've only recently started reloading 9mm (reloaded lots of 38 with zero issues) and have been working up a load. I'm finally at the point where I can make a really large batch of rounds, which will give me a decent amount of crooked ones to really test the accuracy of. Up to this point I've only had 2-5 of these crooked rounds per range trip which, IMO, aren't enough to really make a comparison with. Now I have about 20-25 of them. It may turn out that I can't tell any difference between the crooked ones and the straight ones, but it just seems that they would HAVE to have SOME effect on accuracy. We'll see for sure this weekend... I appreciate all the help so far guys.
  4. The seating stem I'm using is conical and is contacting the ogive as far as I can tell. The best results I've been able to get have been with an amount of flare/expansion that the case is barely open enough to accept the bullet...I actually have to use a little bit of force to place the bullet on the case. It seems like the tight initial fit may increase the chance of a crooked seating, but I actually get more crookedness if the bullet has more play initially with the case.
  5. Hey guys, I'm having some difficulty reloading 9mm and I'm about at my wits end. The issue is cartridge runout - in about 10-25% of my rounds, if you lay the cartridge on its side and roll it, the tip of the bullet wobbles a little bit. Essentially some of my bullets are seating slightly crooked. Brass - mixed, 1-3x fired; this problem happens with equal frequency regardless of the headstamp. Bullets - Zero 115gr FMJ, 1.125 COAL Dies - Lee sizing die, Lyman M expander die, Hornady seating die, Lee FCD. The problem was worse before I got the M die and the seating die, but I can't get 100% perfectly alligned bullets. The problem is present regardless of whether or not I use the FCD Press - Lee hand press (the Nutcracker); I live in a small apartment with no room for a mounted press, unfortunately. I've tried expanding more and less, to no avail. More expansion actually worsens the problem, as there's more play between the bullet and the case. When seating, I start the bullet in about half-way, lower the press ram and turn the bullet a bit, then seat the rest of the way. This has helped, but again not 100%. I've tried the Lee U die and undersized the cases but this makes it worse. I've even gone so far as to pull apart a crooked round, chuck the bullet in a drill just to make sure the bullet itself isn't a defective, crooked bullet, but the bullets are all fine. Thinking the bullets would seat straighter with a longer bullet, I've tried some Zero 124gr FMJ. These seat straighter than the 115gr, but about 10% of those are still slightly crooked. All cartridges chamber and fire just fine, but I'm trying to make the most accurate rounds I can, which means having the straightest rounds possible. Short of spending a bunch of money on a Redding Competition Seater die or somehow mounting a better press to my wall or something, I'm at a loss of what to do. Any ideas?
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