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[Koli01]

Originally Posted by Poonie

All my loading equipment is from Lee. IMO the best deal for the casual to medium reloader out there. They get a bad rep from the hoity toits of the reloading community, however there's nothing wrong with Lee products. Good working man's equipment. I swear by their stuff.

All of my stuff is Lee also. I like it.

[762xIan]

They get a bad rep from the hoity toits of the reloading community, however there's nothing wrong with Lee products

Most of my stuff is Lee also...no problems with any of the products they have.

I do have a set of RCBS .38/357 and .30 Carbine Dies. RCBS quality is much better, but you will pay more. Lee equipment is sufficient, simple, economic and works.

well that really didn't answer my question, so let me rephrase it. does anyone who doesn't use a seperate die for crimping have problems with their reloaded 45 acp

NO, I use a standard Lee 3 die set (carbide dies) and have loaded probably 1000's of .45 for my 1911's. No problems at all.

are there going to be issues with the magazine and loading/chambering if i don't use a fourth die for crimping

There shouldn't be any problems.

[Xringshooter]

Xethur,
Back to your second question. If, when you seat the bullet, it is very tight then you may not have to use a crimp die. However, that said, you would need to insure that the round is tight enough in the case that the action of the pistol (firing, recoil, etc.) doesn't cause the bullet to go further back in the case (possibly causing higher pressures) or come out of the case (powder everywhere, feeding and or ejection problem, take everything apart to clean out the powder, etc.) I taper crimp all of my pistol bullets no matter how tight they feel, just to be on the safe side. Along with that, if the bullet is very tight going into the case, then you probably haven't flared the mouth of the case very much and that could lead to other problems (one, just getting the bullet in the case and two, distorting the case when you seat the bullet to the point that you can't use the loaded round).

Get a taper crimp die, flare the mouth of the case so that the bullet goes in easy and then use the taper crimp die to give a good solid hold on the bullet.

Oh, and by the way, I have never done it any different than the way I described (just above) and have never had any problems with magazines, feeding, firing or ejecting.