I'm looking to set up my classic turret (4-holer) for BP-only .44WCF. I'm getting a standard set of lee dies, so that I have the correct powder-thru/expander die to work with Lee's powder measure. I'm trying to decide what to get for the fourth die. Here are the factors:
I'm cheap. Or just poor, whichever way you wanna look at it.
I want volume loading.
I will normally be stuffing in as much BP as I can get away with.
I cast a lot of fairly soft boolits.
I will not be using a drop tube or any other hand-settling method.
Options:
1. Lee Factory Crimp Die. Why or why not?
2. Powder Compressing Die.
Others?
My thoughts:
While loading .45 colt, I just compressed the HB with the boolit. This resulted in deformation of the soft boolits at first. So I made a new seating plug that matched the nose profile of the boolit. This greatly reduced deformation, if not eliminating it altogether. I would do this for the .44 seating die if I went for the FCD. Still limitations on how much compression you can get without boogering a soft boolit.
Are there other/better options? What are y'all's thoughts?