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Sbowling79 · March 9, 2012, 08:01 PM

I reloaded my first batch yesterday. I used my lee single stage press. The only dies I could find locally were Hornady. Everything went smooth up to the bullet seating. I am confused by the instructions. It tells you how to set up the die for bullet seating then tells you how to set up for crimp. Does the die seat and crimp at the same time? Or do you seat then adjust the die and crimp. I have a Lee and a Lyman manual and can't find an answer there. watched some setup vids on youtube but that just confused me more. I had 80 cases charged so I just went ahead and seated them all. It is a .38 I used a XTP 158 grain bullet and 3.5 grains of titegroup. Do I even need a crimp for that?

March 9, 2012, 08:01 PM	#1
Sbowling79 Member Join Date: December 10, 2011 Posts: 86	Hornady dies and crimping I reloaded my first batch yesterday. I used my lee single stage press. The only dies I could find locally were Hornady. Everything went smooth up to the bullet seating. I am confused by the instructions. It tells you how to set up the die for bullet seating then tells you how to set up for crimp. Does the die seat and crimp at the same time? Or do you seat then adjust the die and crimp. I have a Lee and a Lyman manual and can't find an answer there. watched some setup vids on youtube but that just confused me more. I had 80 cases charged so I just went ahead and seated them all. It is a .38 I used a XTP 158 grain bullet and 3.5 grains of titegroup. Do I even need a crimp for that?