FYI- I posted this on an other forum and didn't get much good response yet.. plus I think it's a worthy discussion:
I've been reloading for a little bit now and have run into many common reloading issues but recently I noticed something just by chance. I pick up my brass at the range but sometimes when I'm shooting with others the brass gets mixed up. Anyway- tonight I was loading a couple hundred .45ACP and when I inserted a bullet into one of the cases I noticed it seemed to go in more than the others (after I put a slight bell on the brass I usually place the bullet in and give it a little push into the brass). After the seating stage I removed the cartridge and tried to push the bullet in more with my thumb to see how solid it was. Well I could push the bullet into the case without much force! I checked a bunch after this one and none were like this one.
How do you guys check for enough neck tension?? I would imagine this could pose a problem if I tried to fire that round.... no? There wasn't much tension on the bullet so I can't imagine that any setback could cause much more pressure though.
EDIT: For those of you with good memories. I did have this problem a while ago with a bad Hornady die with the wrong sleave.... I haven't been having these problems with many batches since I rec'd the new die.
I've been reloading for a little bit now and have run into many common reloading issues but recently I noticed something just by chance. I pick up my brass at the range but sometimes when I'm shooting with others the brass gets mixed up. Anyway- tonight I was loading a couple hundred .45ACP and when I inserted a bullet into one of the cases I noticed it seemed to go in more than the others (after I put a slight bell on the brass I usually place the bullet in and give it a little push into the brass). After the seating stage I removed the cartridge and tried to push the bullet in more with my thumb to see how solid it was. Well I could push the bullet into the case without much force! I checked a bunch after this one and none were like this one.
How do you guys check for enough neck tension?? I would imagine this could pose a problem if I tried to fire that round.... no? There wasn't much tension on the bullet so I can't imagine that any setback could cause much more pressure though.
EDIT: For those of you with good memories. I did have this problem a while ago with a bad Hornady die with the wrong sleave.... I haven't been having these problems with many batches since I rec'd the new die.