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Jerry45 · June 2, 2013, 01:09 PM

Its really hard to tell from the picture but it appears you may be over crimping. That will add to shaving lead. I don't like seating and crimping at the same time (especially with lead bullets). What happens is you end up scraping a little lead right at the end of the seating/crimping action. I started loading lead .45 ACP yeas ago and have loaded many thousands. I use to get rings of lead in my crimping/seating die also, every couple of thousand rounds. I stopped crimping and seating with the same die. I started using a Lee Factory Crimp die in the last stage. Like them so much I have one for every caliber that requires crimping. No more lead in the seating die. You will still get a wax build up over time in the seating die but no more lead.

June 2, 2013, 01:09 PM	#16
Jerry45 Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2000 Location: Metairie, Louisiana Posts: 890	Its really hard to tell from the picture but it appears you may be over crimping. That will add to shaving lead. I don't like seating and crimping at the same time (especially with lead bullets). What happens is you end up scraping a little lead right at the end of the seating/crimping action. I started loading lead .45 ACP yeas ago and have loaded many thousands. I use to get rings of lead in my crimping/seating die also, every couple of thousand rounds. I stopped crimping and seating with the same die. I started using a Lee Factory Crimp die in the last stage. Like them so much I have one for every caliber that requires crimping. No more lead in the seating die. You will still get a wax build up over time in the seating die but no more lead. __________________ Guns are not dangerous! People are! RKBA!