I've done 200 degrees for an hour and then turned the oven off. still had some wetness inside some of the bottleneck cases. But these were just piled in on a sheet pan, not set upright or anything.
That is a great article. As I started reading I had several questions, and he answered almost all of them, and the couple he didn't were in the stay tuned for more section at the bottom.
And what it reaffirmed to me was that I'm done shooting without a suppressor. I'm even looking to suppress...
The lee seater/crimp die does not externally look too different than the factory crimp die, but inside they are different. The fcd has a carbide sizing ring, and it crimps. It only comes in the 4 die set.
You could also try either covering a loaded round in smoke or sharpie and see where it...
While I believe you are right, I've got brass and ammo sitting around that I've loaded many many times, and it is more likely to have a case head separation than brass that has only been loaded once. But generally it fails at the neck before the base. I was just trying to gather more info before...
Sounds like you have a sizing issue. Are you sure you set your sizing die right?
I'm also a little confused about using 40 cal powder die. Your die set should have come with a 9mm powder through die. The 40 may be putting way too much flare or case expansion.
Lee makes a factory crimp die...