Just took the plunge!

[seth30]

Thanks I will look at my loader and see if theres a way to adjust the crimp. 

[seth30]

The loader also is for up to 3 inches and might be set for that as a default?

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[trippledigitss]

I have no idea why its doing that on you Seth but I do not think there is any way to adjust the pre or final crimp on these Lees other than pressure. I agree with Up, the final crimp does look a bit shallow. I've never used the Cheddite hulls but from the pics they look similar to Federal and I thought the Fed hulls were kinda soft and didnt take a crimp well so I quit saving them. The instructions say to hold pressure on the hull for a few seconds when crimping so it will 'take' better, but I never do and I have never had any open back up on me using any hulls. I'd try what Up said, put a bit more pressure when you are setting the wad and then also on your final crimp, give it a good squish, maybe two. Sometimes I will crimp down on it a couple times if I dont have a good lip or shoulder around the end. I keep thinking maybe hulls but that might do it for you. I use the 8pt crimp on mine and Rem GC & STS hulls but mine all end up with about a 1/16 to 1/8" lip with the folds recessed in. I do notice it makes quite a bit of difference on how much pressure I set the wad with. Anyway, good luck, I hope you figure it out!

[trippledigitss]

Thanks for the advice Upland - it makes alot of sense. It does only take an extra second or two but the last 6-700 rds I've loaded I havent  been doing it. I figured they can only expand as much as the chamber so how could they ever get any bigger? I may go back to resizing or just keep using a certain batch of shells w/o resizing them and see how they work. I only shoot them in my Browning now but once in awhile my buddy will buy or use my shells or I give a few out to guys who run short, I'd hate for them to get jammed on those guys...

[uplandhunter870]

no worries trippledigitss

what i was getting at though was to adjust the machine itself and not just how much muscle you put into the handle. like i said ive never used or messed with a lee, but on the mec's and poness/warrens ive used you can physically adjust the crimp collar lower. the same with the wad setter, usually the shot tube sets the wad before the shot is dropped and it can be adjusted higher or lower to set the wad deeper/higher. if you mess with the wad setter do it in small increments, the deeper the wad is set the more compact the powder is, more compact powder will result in higher pressures

[seth30]

I will try the 8 crimp on those same rounds and if they stay then I know its the cheddite hull, if not it might be a piece of stell that is not as round as the others? Once again thanks for all the insight on this!

[trippledigitss]

no worries trippledigitss

what i was getting at though was to adjust the machine itself and not just how much muscle you put into the handle. like i said ive never used or messed with a lee, but on the mec's and poness/warrens ive used you can physically adjust the crimp collar lower. the same with the wad setter, usually the shot tube sets the wad before the shot is dropped and it can be adjusted higher or lower to set the wad deeper/higher. if you mess with the wad setter do it in small increments, the deeper the wad is set the more compact the powder is, more compact powder will result in higher pressures

No, I knew what you meant, I've seen a few of the MEC's and others where you can adjust them but I dont think these Lee Load All's will do it. They are all one molded piece so if you can move one part down you'd have move the whole deal. I havent looked at the machine that close (sounds funny since I've loaded approx 5k rds but never looked at it!?  ) but I dont think there was anything in the manual talking about adjustments. Final suggestion if nothing else worked would be change wads and/or hulls? Anyway....

[uplandhunter870]

ok i see now. yeah final suggestion would be just pull the crimp open dump the shot back in the shot bin, cut the hull down the side save the wad and powder and just chuck the hull

ive never used cheddite hulls but have heard good and bad

[seth30]

ok i see now. yeah final suggestion would be just pull the crimp open dump the shot back in the shot bin, cut the hull down the side save the wad and powder and just chuck the hull

ive never used cheddite hulls but have heard good and bad

I will give that a try.

[seth30]

In the video I say grams what I meant is GRAINS.

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[huntingfool7]

Did you use those 9/10 oz loads on waterfowl last winter?  How'd they do?