Separate seat & crimp?

[Bisley]

Hello, I was wondering, how many of you revolver reloaders seat and crimp in separate operations?

[MMCSRET]

It depends on the cartridge and the bullet style. I do separate operations on 357 Magnum more often than most others, mostly due to the fact of using oversize bullets and wanting a more uniform crimp. I only load and shoot my own cast bullets and some are larger and require a little more finesse. By larger I mean larger diameter, nearly all my 357 magnum bullets are sized .359 so I crimp as a last operation.
Just my way, everyone develops their own indiosyncratic techniques.
Good shooting!!!!!!!

[Colt75]

When I reload for the .44/40.

[Kid Sopris]

I use Redding Dies, and thus all my seating and crimping are done in one operation. from 33WM to 38 S&W, which includes .44-40, .38-55, .30-30, .357, .38 Special, .45 ACP.

When you take the time initially to properly set your dies and don't get in a fireball hurry, everything works just fine.

[chingachkook]

Always seperate operations for me because I feel I get a more constant OAL and much better crimp with the seperate operations. Besides which I enjoy being at the reloading bench...

[morecolts]

i do.

i try to add TCs to all of my pistol/revolver rounds.

[porsche]

I use a Dillon 550 and whenever possible I seat and crimp separately which seems to give better ammo. No more work, just another die in the head to set up.

[bmcgilvray]

I generally adjust to seat and crimp simultaneously. Now the .38-40 is a notable exception. It receives its crimp separate from the seating operation. My RCBS .38-40 die is cranky and prone to wrinkle cases.

[longranger]

32-20,seperate seat and crimp,all others dies are set up for seat and crimp at the same time.

[haggis]

Now the .38-40 is a notable exception. It receives its crimp separate from the seating operation. My RCBS .38-40 die is cranky and prone to wrinkle cases.

Indeed! Not only is my .38-40 crimp separate, it's done with a Lee Factory Crimp Die with a radial (rather than axial) crimping motion. I hardly ever mess up a case. BTW, the radial motion is standard on all the Winchester Center Fire Lee Factory Crimp dies. Thicker wall straight walled cases use an axial motion die.

Buck