Originally Posted By: Plant.Onediagnosing these issues with as little info you have provided is pretty much a crap shoot. we dont have enough info to even being to make an educated guess.
how much reloading experience do you have? is this your first attempt or like your 9th caliber in 30 years type of thing?
which factory ammo is showing a smashed tip? i'm guessing its a SP type hunting bullet
what bullet are you trying to reload with?
what is your OAL
Do you have a
headspace comparator for your calipers? and possibly a
hornady OAL gauge with a
bullet comparator to go with it to measure CBTO (Cartridge base to ogive)
what sizing dies? are you just neck sizing or full length sizing?
is the brass all once fired from your gun? or random range pickup?
are you crimping? if so are you using your seating die's roll crimp setting or using a seperate crimp die like the Lee Factory crimp die?
whats your reloading process you're following? please provide as much details as possible
for example:
tumble
Full Length size/decap
trim
chamfer
Deburr
primer
powder
bullet
i know some of these things may seem like trivial details, but sometimes without them getting to the bottom of things may take a while
also, i highly recommend posting some pics of your reloads along with factory ammo in the pic.
you might be surprised what some folks can just catch with the naked eye.
HTH
sorry here's somemore info
factory ammo remington core-lok 180gr. psp no problems cycling ,but tips where smashed.
reloads sierra 180gr. sbt loaded in Remington brass full length sized with rcbs dies o.a.l 3.300.first reload after factory. powder h414 54.0gr. cci primers.no crimp.these jammed and tips where smashed
reloads sierra 165gr.hpbt Remington brass third reload neck sized.These's where reloaded for my bolt gun I just tried them to see if the would cycle in the pump gun.They got jammed and the tips where smashed.They cycle and shoot fine in the bolt rifle.
I've been reloading for about 10yrs.but consider myself a novice.i do have the tools mentioned,but keep it simple as I was taught.i've reloaded for three rifle calibers and one pistol.i'm on this site and few others every night always reading but i'll say this some of the stuff you guys do with bullets and guns is amazing to say the lest.i'm a hunter if I can keep five in a 2" group at 100 yrds i'm a happy hunter.
i'm going to try resetting the sizing die and run a few shells through.