Introduction to Reloading: Part 7 - Seating and Taper Crimp

Seventh installment on our video series covering the basics of reloading. Here we cover seating and taper crimps. We discuss how to combine these operations. We go over pitfalls and how we can execute this critical step without losing our minds.

We'll be covering:
- 3 different approaches to seating and crimping
- A demonstration of over crimping and the consequences
- A demonstration of under crimping and the consequences
- The die parts and what each of them do
- A demonstration of 3 approaches to checking your rounds for fit and function
- A break down the important goals we're trying to achieve to not lose focus
- A break down each step of setting up a seat and crimp die
- How to speed up your setups without a lot of trial and error
- Anticipating seating depth changes after adding a taper crimp to keep things accurate