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Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc
I changed to seat and crimping in separate steps for that very problem. I use a Lee factory crimp die to crimp
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I have one of those that came with my 300BLK dies from Lee but I wasn't able to get it adjusted right. The first few didn't crimp enough but when I adjusted it down it wrinkled the shoulder of the brass. Like it crimped and still pushed down on the bullet or the neck of the brass. Infuriated me because Blackout brass i.e. Expensive or time consuming to produce. I am not that happy with Lee dies and my last three caliber so have been Hornady New Dimension dies. Around $40 on sale and 100 free bullets which I usually get the .308. Factor $6 for shipping and you still get $14 worth of bullets. So the dies end up being $26 and are much better quality than Lee.
I am going to reload a batch of BLK soon so I will watch what I am doing with that factory crimp die.