cahunter805
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You can drill out the seater stem so the tip isn’t touching and the stem is seating on the Ogive. Also some bullets just aren’t as consistent as other brands.
antelopedundee
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Will some places till supply custom seater plugs?
cahunter805
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I know Redding has the VLD seating stem. I use them in all my dies. Most standard seating stems need to be drilled out to accommodate most tipped bullets at least so it doesn’t deform the plastic tip.
std7mag
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KISS
Keep It Simple, Stupid has been my reloading mantra. I have to keep remind myself not to over think things.
And not worry about stuff that doesn't matter or affect things.
If it "shoots better than i do", why are you worrying about it?!
Sierra's are known to be very tolerant to seating depth variations.
Also trim length has beans to do with COAL.
If i had a long enough bullet, you could make a 9mm Luger match your base to ogive measurement.
Keep It Simple, Stupid has been my reloading mantra. I have to keep remind myself not to over think things.
And not worry about stuff that doesn't matter or affect things.
If it "shoots better than i do", why are you worrying about it?!
Sierra's are known to be very tolerant to seating depth variations.
Also trim length has beans to do with COAL.
If i had a long enough bullet, you could make a 9mm Luger match your base to ogive measurement.
It would seem that if you have measured your chamber using a comparator (cartridge case and sample bullet) and determined the measurement from cartridge base to orgive touching the lands, and deciding how much off the lands you wanted to be, just load to that dimension. Variations in bullet length or cartridge case length may become a factor but can be eliminated by measuring each one separately and sorting for consistency.
