Would the Lee crimp die get rid of the bulge at the base of the projectile? I have the Lee crimp die for rifles and for a few other pistol calibers I load and they only contact the case mouth, but not the case body. I don’t see how a Lee FCD would affect the bulge at the base of the projectile is all.
I have had similar problems with pistol calibers/straight sided rifle calibers. I did three things that helped/eliminated the problem for me. 1) inside champher the case mouth to ease the passage of the bullet into the case, 2) take special care in aligning the bullet into the case mouth in seating operations so that the bullet is not "tilted" and remains straight, and 3) in cases where this does not work I run the loaded case back through the sizer die. My experience was that the slight bulge was only happening when the bullet was slightly angled when it entered the case.
That’s actually a dang good idea. I didn’t think about trying to run them back through the sizer as a “just in case”. I’ll give that a try (gotta get these berry’s/grapes in the ground then change my mums first) but I’ll jump straight to that after. I have no attachment to the .40 cal so if I have to abandon it, so be it, but I like this idea. What actually would seem to do what I need by knocking off the “muffin top” at the base of the bullet. Thanks!
The pistol models also straighten out the base of the case.
The factory crimp dies for straight walled pistol calibers has a carbide sizing ring which trues up the case, does the same thing as running back through the sizer.
