First batch of .50 AE

[RooftopKorean]

Got my delivery from RCBS today.

Had to order their tamper crimp/seating die and shell holder since Lee's aren't too great for .50 AE.

The rim on the Hornady brass is a mm or so too thick and won't fit in the Lee shell holder, and well their crimp die doesn't do shit.

Set up the crimp and seating levels and went to town on my single stage.

Case: Hornady, Starline, and some other mixed
Bullet: Berry 300gr FN FMJ
Powder: 32.5gr H110
Primer: Magtech large pistol
COL: 1.57030

Still have 102 more primed cases I need to get through but I'm tired and hungry.

 

[FP1201]

ought to be a handful!

 

[RooftopKorean]

Made 50 more before bed time

 

[repete]

I found a couple of those .50AE garbage cans in a bucket of brass I picked up, gave one to my wife to use in her sewing room, she needed a small trash can.

 

[Depick]

They’re so pretty all lined up.

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

You're a reloading fool now. That load is the same exact one I load. You had trouble with the Lee dies? That's what I use and have no issues. I do the seating and crimping in separate operations. The seating die will do both. Do you have a separate crimping die or something?

 

[RooftopKorean]

You're a reloading fool now. That load is the same exact one I load. You had trouble with the Lee dies? That's what I use and have no issues. I do the seating and crimping in separate operations. The seating die will do both. Do you have a separate crimping die or something?

The RCBS die does both in one step.

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

The RCBS die does both in one step.

Same with the Lee die. I've found that doing the seating and crimping at the same time leads to erratic OALs though. Not by a ton but it's odd that it happens and I always go for consistency. So everything gets loaded like rifle. I wish they made a standalone crimp die for 50AE. Anyway congrats on the reloading. They look great.