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problems reloading for the M1 carbine

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Well, I am loading 115 grn. lead bullets with 14 grn. of H110. Everything is trimmed right and seating depth is .020 under C.O.L. Win small rifle primer, L.C. once fired brass.
I am using RCBS three die set and is a roll crimp die rather than the preferred taper die. My problem is light primer strikes nine out of ten times. I jsut can't figure out wha tis the problem. I have two carbines and it is doing this in both. So I think I can eliminate the gun factor.

Could this be a head space problem due to too much crimp?
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I know Lead is cheap but watch out for fouling in the tiny hole that is your Gas port.
There is no way to clean it if it becomes badly fouled.
My Iver Johnson (yuk) never did get fixed after I shot Lead.
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