I just got several factory crimp dies in yesterday and was playing around with them, I watched the video from Lee and am still wondering how much crimp should I use?

I think I remember reading somewhere 25in pounds of pressure or something. There was some sort of torque thing the guys were selling that you could attach to the press.

I was thinking of using some sort of piece of metal to restrict how close the collet petals would get, but not sure if that will work.

start light and turn it down until it gets your desired level of crimp.. it won't take long.

Yes I know it was all in the lee video, but should I take them out and try them, or do you just know by looking at them? Any good pictures of examples?

Take a look at some factory ammo and closely mimic the crimp they use.

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Take a look at some factory ammo and closely mimic the crimp they use.

It's not rocket science, there's your answer.