strat56
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- Feb 23, 2017
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I went to the range today with the 200 rounds of 9mm that I loaded with my recently purchased used Lee Turret Press (thank you BigDaddy). Here's how they were loaded (recipe?).
Berry's 115gr Plated Bullet
VhitaVuori 3n37 powder 5.7gr
CCI small pistol primer
Winchester once fired brass (fired by me as factory ammo)
OAL 1.162
Here's how I loaded them so you have the whole story.
The press came with a Lee Pro Auto-Disk Powder measure, it also came with Lee Primer Feeder but I didn't use that as I had already deprimed the cases with my Lee Hand press and primed them with my Lee Auto Prime Hand Priming Tool. I used the turret press and my Lee Carbide Pistol Die Set to resize the cases, flare the mouth, drop the powder, seat the bullet and using the separate Factory Crimp Die to crimp the cases.
I did 5 test drops and it dropped 5.7gr or 5.8gr consistently during the test using the .53 hole in the powder drop, checked it a few times while reloading also. As I finished each round I dropped them in a Lyman Case Gauge and they all seemed to drop in flush.
At the range today, I had 3 failures to fire, several failure to eject and most of the rounds that ejected, ejected directly back at me. The FTFs didn't even have a dimple in the primer. One of the FTFs was a little difficult to rack the slide to eject it.
Obviously I'm not very experienced with reloading so I'm wondering what caused the above problems? Thanks in advance for your wise and sage advice!!
Jack
Berry's 115gr Plated Bullet
VhitaVuori 3n37 powder 5.7gr
CCI small pistol primer
Winchester once fired brass (fired by me as factory ammo)
OAL 1.162
Here's how I loaded them so you have the whole story.
The press came with a Lee Pro Auto-Disk Powder measure, it also came with Lee Primer Feeder but I didn't use that as I had already deprimed the cases with my Lee Hand press and primed them with my Lee Auto Prime Hand Priming Tool. I used the turret press and my Lee Carbide Pistol Die Set to resize the cases, flare the mouth, drop the powder, seat the bullet and using the separate Factory Crimp Die to crimp the cases.
I did 5 test drops and it dropped 5.7gr or 5.8gr consistently during the test using the .53 hole in the powder drop, checked it a few times while reloading also. As I finished each round I dropped them in a Lyman Case Gauge and they all seemed to drop in flush.
At the range today, I had 3 failures to fire, several failure to eject and most of the rounds that ejected, ejected directly back at me. The FTFs didn't even have a dimple in the primer. One of the FTFs was a little difficult to rack the slide to eject it.
Obviously I'm not very experienced with reloading so I'm wondering what caused the above problems? Thanks in advance for your wise and sage advice!!
Jack