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Guys, set your seating depth first, screw the seater way down and the die up where the crimp is no where near the case. Set your OAL to where you want it this way. Now, back the seater way out and set your crimp by turning the die body down. On an auto round just take the bell out of the case, any more than that and you can reduce case tension and increase the chances of setback. On a Revolver round just roll crimp it slightly for light loads and heavier only if needed. Lock the die body with the locknut. Now, with a properly crimped round of the right OAL raise the round fully into the die, screw the seater down firmly in contact with the bullet top and lock it down. Load your next round seating and crimping in one operation, your OAL will be within a couple thousandths and you won't bulge the case unless you went crazy on the crimp in the setup operation.
The FCD will take out bulges in cases, but something is wrong if it is. Used that way it is a bandaid fix to a problem that could be serious. Don't use bandaids when dealing with controlled explosions!!!!
The FCD when used to crimp in a 4th step works fine, if the sizing ring is doing anything you need to find the cause.
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