Titanium nitride is the coating

by anachronism, Saturday, April 14, 2018, 16:45 (2352 days ago) @ rob
edited by anachronism, Saturday, April 14, 2018, 16:50

Titanium nitride is the coating on the die insert, not the material of the insert. I use Hornady dies for all handgun reloading, and have for ages with complete satisfaction. I had to check Hornadys website to see if seating & taper crimping is supposed to be correct with their dies, it does appear that that's how they intend for the dies to be used. It seems counter-intuitive to me to try taper crimping a bullet thats still moving. I'll be ignoring that recommendation with my dies, and continuing to seat & crimp in separate stages. The floating crimp guide in the seating die seems intended to be a bit loose to allow the bullet to self-center better, without being forced out of alignment by the rigid threading like I've seen in my RCBS, Redding, & older Hornady (Durachrome) handgun seating dies.