Press Beginning to Function

Okay, here is what I got.

Press station 1: decapping and sizing.

Station 2: priming

Station 3: powder

Station 4: expanding

Station 5: seating

I used a combination of Lee and Hornady materials to get there. I have everything adjusted except for the powder charge and the crimp.

Here is my question. Right now, I’m producing .45 ACP shells with kind of a big lip on them. Should I adjust the seater thing so it crimps them in and makes them pretty?

I’m trying to figure out how to do that, but the tiny pamphlet that came with the die is not all that great.

It turns out my dies are titanium nitride, and the manual says no lube. We’ll see if that works.