Thread: Reloading .357mag

Originally Posted by omegaspeedy

I read somewhere that Lee has the best crimp die method which is pretty important with tube mag and autos. Have you found that they are no good for pistol loading? I've used them for rifle and only complaint was seating high BC target bullets where they were not seating true.

The problem I have with Lee pistol dies is the expander it is not a proper expander it only flares the mouth of the case, with lead bullets it scrapes lead
off the bullet, The lyman dies are designed for cast bullets with a far better expander and their crimp dies are all that is needed, I have seen the Lee crimp die damage bullets if not adjusted properly