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ScottRiqui · January 26, 2013, 09:21 AM

Just for background, I'm using cast lead bullets.

I feel like I'm hardly flaring the cases at all - I can't see the flare, and I can't really "start" the bullet by hand - I pretty much just rest the base of the bullet on the case mouth and run it up into the die. But the bullet seats with no problem, every time.

All of the bullets I use have a slight bevel at the base, so I guess it's possible I might have problems if I ever used ones that were full-diameter at the base.

As long as the case mouth isn't shaving lead from the bullet, and I never collapse a case, is there any reason to flare the case any more than I am now?

January 26, 2013, 09:21 AM	#1
ScottRiqui Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2010 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 2,905	Am I flaring enough? Just for background, I'm using cast lead bullets. I feel like I'm hardly flaring the cases at all - I can't see the flare, and I can't really "start" the bullet by hand - I pretty much just rest the base of the bullet on the case mouth and run it up into the die. But the bullet seats with no problem, every time. All of the bullets I use have a slight bevel at the base, so I guess it's possible I might have problems if I ever used ones that were full-diameter at the base. As long as the case mouth isn't shaving lead from the bullet, and I never collapse a case, is there any reason to flare the case any more than I am now?