I bought a lee classic loader for 9x19 and after chamfering and trimming my cases I sized them using lube and made sure to sink them all the way into the die.
I loaded a round and chambered it and my slide locked up. I had to pry my extractor off the case head through the magwell to get it unlocked, it was solid.
Upon further inspection I noticed that I hadn't gauged this round and it got stuck in the chamber so I went through and gauged 100 rounds and about have of them were a no go. I pulled my calipers out and noticed that the rounds that would not pass the gauging test were bulged about 3/4 of the way toward the case head. It was almost as if it were a bulging belt because the case mouth was sized fine and above the case head was sized fine. It was just that middle belt that made my cases stick.
Any idea what causes that?
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I loaded a round and chambered it and my slide locked up. I had to pry my extractor off the case head through the magwell to get it unlocked, it was solid.
Upon further inspection I noticed that I hadn't gauged this round and it got stuck in the chamber so I went through and gauged 100 rounds and about have of them were a no go. I pulled my calipers out and noticed that the rounds that would not pass the gauging test were bulged about 3/4 of the way toward the case head. It was almost as if it were a bulging belt because the case mouth was sized fine and above the case head was sized fine. It was just that middle belt that made my cases stick.
Any idea what causes that?
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