[SOLVED] FMJ's no longer fit? Say wha??
Posted: 29 Jun 2018 17:39
HELLO ALL, FROM SOUTH TEXAS (everything is big in Texas)
I bought a Lee Turret loader a few years ago for my XD 45 . I loaded about 500 shells when I first got it,
but had to pack it away when I moved here to TX. that was four years ago. I recently unpacked it, from
it's box, (no damage) and tried reloading some brass.
This same brass Batch from "Once Fired" I had reloaded a few years ago. They all previously loaded without issues. Now it almost seems that the brass has shrunken in diameter.. along with the re-sizer, or the FMJ 'd bullets, have grown!
Yeah unlikely,.... I know.
My issue is that the FMJ's measure .451 but the shells seem to be oval, measuring .447 to 452 , and the FMJ's are not seating properly. I've been playing with just sizing the shell and adding a FMJ
then seating it. Here are my results: The shells are either slicing thru the jacket, shells 1, 3, 5, being crushed,
or a combination of both, shells 2, 4.
There seems to be no valid reason, or perhaps, one I am not familiar with, being new to this.
Can anyone offer a solution to this dilemma??
(a bag of popcorn to the winner!)
Thanks in advance.
Charles
I bought a Lee Turret loader a few years ago for my XD 45 . I loaded about 500 shells when I first got it,
but had to pack it away when I moved here to TX. that was four years ago. I recently unpacked it, from
it's box, (no damage) and tried reloading some brass.
This same brass Batch from "Once Fired" I had reloaded a few years ago. They all previously loaded without issues. Now it almost seems that the brass has shrunken in diameter.. along with the re-sizer, or the FMJ 'd bullets, have grown!
Yeah unlikely,.... I know.
My issue is that the FMJ's measure .451 but the shells seem to be oval, measuring .447 to 452 , and the FMJ's are not seating properly. I've been playing with just sizing the shell and adding a FMJ
then seating it. Here are my results: The shells are either slicing thru the jacket, shells 1, 3, 5, being crushed,
or a combination of both, shells 2, 4.
There seems to be no valid reason, or perhaps, one I am not familiar with, being new to this.
Can anyone offer a solution to this dilemma??
(a bag of popcorn to the winner!)
Thanks in advance.
Charles