Ian
Notorious member
Sizing pretty hard bullets down .004 is going to be hard on everything.
This is why I would cast, check and size, then PC and resize. I would probably use softer bullets too but that is just me.
Not just you, I use the softest alloy I can get away with; tin and antimony are a lot more expensive than soft scrap lead. Besides, I can get reasonable accuracy at jacketed velocity with relatively soft bullets just by coating them. Unless I made or bought a mould specifically sized to allow for PC and only a light, final size after coating, I have to reduce the bullet diameter in two processes (before and again after coating). Rifle bullets get checks seated and crimped, then run through a puh-through sizer, coated, and run through a form die which sizes the bands and lightly sizes/uniforms the nose. I try to do all my sizing as soon after casting as possible.
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