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Offline vanbuzen9

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454 die set question
« on: August 16, 2007, 01:04:53 AM »
Hey guys,

I bought a Hornady die set for my encore pistol in 454 casull yesterday, and I noticed that it came with a 4th taper crimp die.  I was wondering why they included this die, as all my die sets for revolvers have been 3 die sets.  I thought taper crimp dies were only for auto pistol cartridges?  Any help with this would be great.

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Offline paul105

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Re: 454 die set question
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2007, 03:41:51 AM »
Some prefer to seat and crimp in separate operations.  If you are loading on a progressive, turret, or hornady lock n load press, you need the extra TC crimp die.  It will actually roll crimp your rounds.

Look at Kennisondan's post titled "have 4 dies; one marked TC for 475L ...what ; how ; why ?".  It's several topics below your post in this section.

Paul
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