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Montana Pete
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I have loaded several brands of factory cast bullets in my .44 Magnum over the years. By far the majority are sized .429. However, I did get one box a while back sized at .431.
These created one problem in that when seating them, the case rim shaved little slivers of lead off of the bullets. I corrected this by adjusting my belling die to bell the case mouths slightly larger.
However, I have sometimes wondered why the company (LaserCast) ran this box of bullets slightly oversize. Is there a reason for this?
They seem to shoot fine, once I solved the "shaved lead" problem by adjusting my belling die.
These created one problem in that when seating them, the case rim shaved little slivers of lead off of the bullets. I corrected this by adjusting my belling die to bell the case mouths slightly larger.
However, I have sometimes wondered why the company (LaserCast) ran this box of bullets slightly oversize. Is there a reason for this?
They seem to shoot fine, once I solved the "shaved lead" problem by adjusting my belling die.