I am new to reloading and i want to load subsonic rounds for my suppressor. I have cleaned,deprimed and resized my cases. So i next dropped a case in the barrel to see if it go in and falls out with no problem. But when I seated a 9mm round and then dropped it in the barrel, it goes in but it won't fall out I have to pull it out with some force.
What am I doing wrong?
9mm reloading Problem
Re: 9mm reloading Problem
you arent removing enough of the flare
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srt-4_uk wrote:you arent removing enough of the flare
Could you please explain that to me?
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The assumption is you flared the case mouth before you seated the bullet and you are not sufficiently reducing the flare after seating the bullet.
ETA: other possibilities might be the OAL is too long or the bullet is too big
ETA: other possibilities might be the OAL is too long or the bullet is too big
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Re: 9mm reloading Problem
Create a couple of test rounds:
Give your crimp die another half turn to exaggerate the crimping process to see if that solves the flare problem. If this works, fine tune your crimp die so that you don't overdo it and possibly damage accuracy in the process. Otherwise you may need to look at the bullet as previously mentioned. I ran into a problem on one particular barrel, with a particular bullet if I did not seat it all the way down to the minimum seating depth.
Report back your findings please.
Give your crimp die another half turn to exaggerate the crimping process to see if that solves the flare problem. If this works, fine tune your crimp die so that you don't overdo it and possibly damage accuracy in the process. Otherwise you may need to look at the bullet as previously mentioned. I ran into a problem on one particular barrel, with a particular bullet if I did not seat it all the way down to the minimum seating depth.
Report back your findings please.
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Re: 9mm reloading Problem
You size the cases to bring back to under bullet size.
then you flare the cases at the mouth to get the base of the bullet to go in so you can seat it.
then you need to remove the flare.
Taper crimp die is good for this on cases that headspace on the mouth.
then you flare the cases at the mouth to get the base of the bullet to go in so you can seat it.
then you need to remove the flare.
Taper crimp die is good for this on cases that headspace on the mouth.
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Re: 9mm reloading Problem
Are you having to use force the whole way, or just get it to start moving? If you are actually "dropping" the round in, it can stick slightly.
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Re: 9mm reloading Problem
This is precisely why i use a lee factory crimp die on everything i load!
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Same here. Use it on every caliber I reload.Bendersquint wrote:This is precisely why i use a lee factory crimp die on everything i load!
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Are Lee FCD caliber specific? Can I use a 300 blackout FCD on 9mm?
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I used one on 9mm for a while but found it unnecessary when my dies were adjusted correctly.Abiqua wrote:Same here. Use it on every caliber I reload.Bendersquint wrote:This is precisely why i use a lee factory crimp die on everything i load!