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<blockquote data-quote="DaveB" data-source="post: 5299727" data-attributes="member: 5958"><p>The expander does just that-it expands the mouth of the brass to accept the bullet. You have to do this or you will shave copper off the bullet putting it ever so slightly out of balance. </p><p></p><p>The seater will push the bullet into the die and close up the mouth. </p><p></p><p>Just a note from my own 9mm experience. Pistol ammo is sensitive to charge weight. Way more sensitive than I ever thought. I would not throw a charge-using a dipper or some other none-exact tool. Weigh every charge and start LOW. You know how in your rifle loading you can be just as successful with 45 grains as 44 or or 43? Never with a pistol. Never. I was .3 grains over and that load resulted in nearly $300 in repairs to a Sig. .3 grains is not very much but in the pistol world things are different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaveB, post: 5299727, member: 5958"] The expander does just that-it expands the mouth of the brass to accept the bullet. You have to do this or you will shave copper off the bullet putting it ever so slightly out of balance. The seater will push the bullet into the die and close up the mouth. Just a note from my own 9mm experience. Pistol ammo is sensitive to charge weight. Way more sensitive than I ever thought. I would not throw a charge-using a dipper or some other none-exact tool. Weigh every charge and start LOW. You know how in your rifle loading you can be just as successful with 45 grains as 44 or or 43? Never with a pistol. Never. I was .3 grains over and that load resulted in nearly $300 in repairs to a Sig. .3 grains is not very much but in the pistol world things are different. [/QUOTE]
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