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    Over Crimped Brass?

    Thanks for the info mtrmn, I think I will be ordering one of those gauges asap, takes the guesswork out of it. I definitely agree when you said that that roll crimp and seater die is far too sensitive! I messed up a few cases the other night with it! I will be using a separate die for now on as...
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    Over Crimped Brass?

    It is a seater/crimp die. Sounds like more prep may be the deciding factor here. When slowly using the press the shells were perfect, not at all bent or over crimped. Human error is probably at fault.
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    Over Crimped Brass?

    They all measured up the same so I am assuming that's not the issue, these things are pretty bent, I don't think they will even chamber, not that I am going to fire these things.
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    Over Crimped Brass?

    My friend and I were making some .308 hand loads the other night when we came across a problem. 15 out of the 60 brass cases we seated and crimped the bullets into seemed to be "over crimped". We immediately checked over all of the rest of the recently hand loaded bullets to make sure there were...