I’m at my wits end..lead shaving

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Here is some photos of what I’m getting!  With the bullet seated you can hopefully see that thin shaved lead around the case mouth.  I’ve also included a empty case with amount of flare I’m using.  I don’t get this all the time but maybe 10 out of 100.  It’s making me insane!!!  The bad thing about it is if I don’t wipe it off it creates a chambering issue.  I also seem to get it with non coated bullets as well raw lead that is.  I’ve gone as far as belling lots more to the point that if I were to try and resize a belled case it would not go into the sizing die if I tried to resize it.  These are all Winchester cases.

What am I doing wrong?  The lead shaving will wipe off but I’d really like to not have to wipe every loaded round after the fact.  Jhp no issues what so ever!

all dies cleaned etc.

Help me keep whatever hair I have left!

Thanks everyone 

Joe

Wes Lorenz wrote:Just my .02 on sizing dies,
Use the 45 colt die for Lead bullets and use the 45acp die for Jacketed bullets.
Jacketed bullets, when used with a 45 colt die, can be pushed back in the case after crimping.
Hope this helps,
Wes

Thanks Wes, that was my plan.  I have a entire spare set of the Dillon .45 acp dies just for that.  No more changing seater etc

That’s a good idea, although I’ve found no issue if I avoid R-P cases.

If it happens only on 1 side that tells me that it is probably correctable. A good seater die may not be capable of correcting for bullets that do not have shoulders that are not square to the relative axis of the bullet. Could  be that the shell holder is not in alignment with everything. A while back I bought a Lyman die that was highly recommended and the threads on the lock-nut were so loose & not not square to the basic axis of the 
face of the lock-nut that I never used it. HTH.

Oops, my bad, I forgot to mention that sometimes the the cost of time & resources exceeds the resolution. I'm ridiculously anal and will generally enjoy finding a resolution to a problem.

Hi lablover, I’m a little late to your discussion, however did you find the solution to the issue you were having?

whit223 wrote:Hi lablover, I’m a little late to your discussion, however did you find the solution to the issue you were having?

I did towards the end of page 2