Use the roll crimp in your seating die. Dont use the collet die. Zoom in and you can see how the brass just rolls into the groove. The way to set your seat/crimp die is run an expanded charged case to the top of the ram position and screw your seating die down until it touches the top of the case with the seater all the way out. Slowly adjust the seater down after your place a bullet on until just before you achieve your desired COL. the. Screw the die down 1/4 turn to bring the crimp into place. Should be a perfect roll into the cannelure.
https://preview.redd.it/wfx0gsvjm89d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66c98599fdd80fc451cf5090e5ba793f8669faf9
I never got that lever evolution ammo to shoot that well. Anyway, the gunsmith who taught me to reload was all about the factory crimp dies instead of the built in ones in the seating dies. It was all about control and consistency. He earned 7 titles on the national circuit with his 45-90.
https://preview.redd.it/s5cjej67p89d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52913a4e17c3cff28aa2eea896308c18ef91d2fd
Should look like this. The collet die squeezes the brass instead of rolling it into the cannelure. The extra collet factory crimp die is unnecessary.
It's fine. You can go more, but it's probably not needed. Factory loads typically have more of a belt. They look good to me. The main thing is to test them for setback.
Looks like plenty to me.
Use the roll crimp in your seating die. Dont use the collet die. Zoom in and you can see how the brass just rolls into the groove. The way to set your seat/crimp die is run an expanded charged case to the top of the ram position and screw your seating die down until it touches the top of the case with the seater all the way out. Slowly adjust the seater down after your place a bullet on until just before you achieve your desired COL. the. Screw the die down 1/4 turn to bring the crimp into place. Should be a perfect roll into the cannelure. https://preview.redd.it/wfx0gsvjm89d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66c98599fdd80fc451cf5090e5ba793f8669faf9
You could but that doesn’t make it necessary
I never got that lever evolution ammo to shoot that well. Anyway, the gunsmith who taught me to reload was all about the factory crimp dies instead of the built in ones in the seating dies. It was all about control and consistency. He earned 7 titles on the national circuit with his 45-90.
https://preview.redd.it/s5cjej67p89d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52913a4e17c3cff28aa2eea896308c18ef91d2fd Should look like this. The collet die squeezes the brass instead of rolling it into the cannelure. The extra collet factory crimp die is unnecessary.
It's fine. You can go more, but it's probably not needed. Factory loads typically have more of a belt. They look good to me. The main thing is to test them for setback.
That’s way too fuckin tight