Balance the bullet

[Living2hunt]

Is there a special trick on how to set that little .223 bullet on top of a very small .223 case mouth then ease it up with the ram trying to hold everyone in place only to end up having your Rock Chucker eat the end of your finger off !!,I know BT Bullets would work a bit better but I took a bunch of flat base bullets on a trade and thats all I have to work with right now.Any suggestions would be a big help !!!

 

[JDG.]

My powder die flairs the case enough to drop a bullet in. Im guessing since you use a single stage you dont do that step. consider that if you have lots of these bullets to reload

 

[Lazarus]

only to end up having your Rock Chucker eat the end of your finger off !!

Dude that was funny as hell. I literally LOL'd. Sorry I can't help you though. I only loaded .45ACP.

 

[RamRoddoc]

Back your flaring die out (once set in the press correctly) put a case in the press stoke it up in the die then turn the die flare down until it contacts the case, turn it in 1/4 turn or so then attempt to drop a bullet in. Flare it just enough to get the bullet started but not chew dem digits up. Once set you should be good to go.

This is more of an issue with cast bullets if you don't have a flaring die other options have been tried. Caution as any working of the brass will reduce it life expectancy and as stated if you can get away with lightly chamfering mouths and it works then you use what works the brass the least and gets the job done.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?77806-Case-neck-flaring

 

[Clearance_Clarence]

Rifle loading guys, there is no flare. Chamfer the mouth just a little more

 

[Chuckdog]

Who does case mouth expansion on bottleneck rounds?

I've never even read of anyone doing this and can't see the logic behind it?

The Hornady seating dies with a built in bullet guide sleeve is designed to solve this issue.

http://www.hornady.com/store/22-Cal-.224-Seating-Die-3.7-1-Each/

 

[MacMan]

Who does case mouth expansion on bottleneck rounds?

I've never even read of anyone doing this and can't see the logic behind it?

I agree, a friend of mine did this and he overworked his brass causing the necks to split. I got 2-3x as many reloads from my brass than he did. If you do this, keep a close watch on your brass for fatigue.

 

[Springfield 1911]

Who does case mouth expansion on bottleneck rounds?

I've never even read of anyone doing this and can't see the logic behind it?

The Hornady seating dies with a built in bullet guide sleeve is designed to solve this issue.

http://www.hornady.com/store/22-Cal-.224-Seating-Die-3.7-1-Each/

Agree with this! Try to lightly chamfer the inside of the case mouth.

 

[Twitch2120]

chamfer is your friend. who flares bottleneck cases?

 

[1006]

All the flaring aside, I just take the easy route and only load boat tail bullets, after I chamfer the mouth of the brass.