Patriot
NES Member
I'm having problems seating my lead bullets in my cases. It seems that (in my opinion) the friction
required to seat them will bulge the case, usually near the bottom. In the picture below I have two .327
Mag cases and the one of the left was seated exactly like the one on the right. The brass is FC and there
is no other alternative since only Federal makes this brass (.327 Federal Magnum). I also have this problem
with .38/.357/.32 Mag/etc all to one degree or another. In this case (no pun intended) the problem is somewhat
acute. I loaded three different types of powder in 25 cases each and the yield was about 25%. Even those
exhibited some 'bulging' but not enough to prevent easily chambering. The others would not chamber at all.
No I don't have a case gauge for this caliber yet as this is the first time I have ever loaded the .327 Mag.
Yes, I bell the case adequately. No, I didn't use an 'M' die as I tried doing that on the .38/.357.44 w/o any success.
The bullet is a 115gr Keith style SWC that I cast myself. It's an alloy that yields about a 12-13 BHN. It's sized
to .313. What's interesting to me is that usually I get a 'tell' on the case with my casts that show how far the
bullet is seated. On these cases nothing shows so I'm pretty sure the bullet size is very correct.. I've roll
crimped these as the ones I loaded with #9 were clicking right along at around 1400 FPS at the muzzle. The
others were loaded with 231 and TG and yielded around 800-900 FPS MV.
My question to those that use the Lee FCD is: Would that die take care of this problem?
(In case you can't tell, the one on the right is the real problem one. The one on the left has much less bulge.)
The one on the left has no primer. It was my setup round.
required to seat them will bulge the case, usually near the bottom. In the picture below I have two .327
Mag cases and the one of the left was seated exactly like the one on the right. The brass is FC and there
is no other alternative since only Federal makes this brass (.327 Federal Magnum). I also have this problem
with .38/.357/.32 Mag/etc all to one degree or another. In this case (no pun intended) the problem is somewhat
acute. I loaded three different types of powder in 25 cases each and the yield was about 25%. Even those
exhibited some 'bulging' but not enough to prevent easily chambering. The others would not chamber at all.
No I don't have a case gauge for this caliber yet as this is the first time I have ever loaded the .327 Mag.
Yes, I bell the case adequately. No, I didn't use an 'M' die as I tried doing that on the .38/.357.44 w/o any success.
The bullet is a 115gr Keith style SWC that I cast myself. It's an alloy that yields about a 12-13 BHN. It's sized
to .313. What's interesting to me is that usually I get a 'tell' on the case with my casts that show how far the
bullet is seated. On these cases nothing shows so I'm pretty sure the bullet size is very correct.. I've roll
crimped these as the ones I loaded with #9 were clicking right along at around 1400 FPS at the muzzle. The
others were loaded with 231 and TG and yielded around 800-900 FPS MV.
My question to those that use the Lee FCD is: Would that die take care of this problem?
(In case you can't tell, the one on the right is the real problem one. The one on the left has much less bulge.)
The one on the left has no primer. It was my setup round.
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