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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 963391" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p>I suspect Speedygoss had it right.  The short round isn't near the rifling.  Rather than buying any tool just take a beat up case ready to load a bullet, split the neck with a hacksaw so you can put it in your rifle with a bullet just seated and use the rifle to seat the bullet as you did with the 265 LRX round.  You will need to file the cut to be smooth and adjust the tension so the bullet doesn't get stuck in the rifling.  You should be able to move the bullet in or out of the case by hand but just barely.  Seat the bullet several times and verify that you get the same reading every time within 0.002" or so.  I have one of those cases for everything I load.  That is how I determine max load length for every bullet and I also use it to setup my bullet seater.</p></blockquote><p></p>