Round wont chamber

[wrongway]

Have a problem I have a .357 revolver and I reload the problem is after I reload them
they wont fit into the cylinder these were nickel and no matter what I tried wouldn't work
I had to flare a bit to get the bullet to seat thinking it was the brass/nickel I replaced with
brass still the same problem.The mouth of the brass needs to be flared just a bit to get the
bullet in,Factory ammo works just find whats the problem and how do I fix it?
Thank you

 

[Boyd Allen]

Did you set your seating die to crimp, or use a separate crimp die after seating?

 

[Mike Bryant]

Do you have a bulge at the case mouth. My guess is excessive mouth flaring and not enough crimp.

 

[Doug Casner]

more crimp.

 

[pipeline60]

more crimp.

You might consider trying a Lee factory crimp die, if im not mistaken they have a sizing ring at the base of the die,,and they crimp pretty well also.

 

[wrongway]

Most of you say more crimp I will give that a go and see what happens.
Thank you all appreciate

 

[Wilbur]

Sounds like the case mouth is not crimped enough but there's other stuff. Have you measured the case wall, the bullet diameter and the cylinder to see if you can actually load those bullets? There's some cast bullets that cause the loaded round to be too large for some pistols. Truth is, the others likely hit the nail on the head but you're description leaves a lot of unknowns on the table. Measure that stuff and be careful with your assumptions!

Seat a bullet in a sized case without primer or powder until you get it right.

 

[wrongway]

I'd like to thank everyone for your advice and help,I needed more crimp
so far all is good. Thanks again