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I accept it can be done, but as I say I can't think of a good reason to need to do it myself.

Halodin: I shoot a lot of 44-40 using 429" dia bullets. If I load using the conventional sequence, I always seem to get a round which is difficult to chamber---this always happens on a double tap sequence on turning targets. To ensure easy feeding, I adopt the following sequence: decap and clean case, recap case, add powder, neck expand, seat bullet and then size. The die settings are important: there needs to be just enough crimp for the sizing operation not to lift it completely so the feeding operation cannot push the bullet back into the case. I have to do exactly the same thing with my 300 Sherwood rounds. These rounds are long, with a small dia and are difficult to chamber at the best of times. If slightly oversize, the round will stick half way into the martini chamber, making it impossible to push in and difficult to remove. This is a single shot rifle and so crimp is not important.
On the other hand, I load several calibres without using dies at all! With 310 Cadet, the case is re-capped, filled with powder and the bullet thumb seated. This is a heeled bullet and cannot be pushed too far in. I do the same thing with 8.15 x 46R---this is a stop-ring bullet, and again, cannot be pushed too far in, but, I have two rifles in this calibre and the fire- formed brass is not interchangeable between the two---it has to be segregated.
You don't really learn about reloading until you get involved with obsolete calibres!
Fred

Sorry for the slow reply, but thanks for the explanation!

how is resizing a case any different or more dangerous than seating a bullet into the case?

both instances you have primer and powder in them? who worries that the primer is going to set off when pressing a bullet in or crimping it?

It's if something goes wrong. I was advised on the previous page to wear protective glasses, even when resizing with JUST the primer and NO powder and bullet. I suppose my fear is through some strange quirk of events, lateral force is applied to the primer pocket and somehow it sets the primer off. Based on FredB's account of resizing 10,000 live rounds and having resized primed brass myself, my fears are illogical to some degree, but I still doesn't sit well with me.

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