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<blockquote data-quote="PowellSixO" data-source="post: 792257" data-attributes="member: 66495"><p>I might have to give that powder a try if I can find any. Earlier you were telling me about the importance of bullet seating depth, and how it is a critical part of accuracy. You also said that just measuring coal from the tip of the bullet to the bottom of the case wouldn't be accurate due to the bullets varrying in length. I totaly get what you are saying, but I was thinking about it and had another question. If my bullet seating die press's the bullet in from the tip of the bullet, then what you say would be 100% correct. But I have this thought (and I may be wrong), and thought I would run it by you. If the bullet seating die press's the bullet into the case with contact to the ogive rather than the tip of the bullet, wouldn't that be acceptable? If I took a bullet and placed it in a once fired case (no powder or primer) and fed it into the rifle and closed the bolt a few times allowing the bullet to touch the lands and then slide back into the case. Then I could measure the coal of this dummy round and adjust my bullet seating die to seat this dummy bullet to the coal of my dummy round, then every bullet after that would have the same bullet seating depth. The coal would be different on all of the rounds due to the bullet lengths being different, but the seating depth would be consistent on all of the rounds correct? That is IF my seating die press's the bullet in on the ogive rather than the bullet tip correct? Sorry so long, but I was just pondering this and thought I would ask. Thanks again for all the help so far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PowellSixO, post: 792257, member: 66495"] I might have to give that powder a try if I can find any. Earlier you were telling me about the importance of bullet seating depth, and how it is a critical part of accuracy. You also said that just measuring coal from the tip of the bullet to the bottom of the case wouldn't be accurate due to the bullets varrying in length. I totaly get what you are saying, but I was thinking about it and had another question. If my bullet seating die press's the bullet in from the tip of the bullet, then what you say would be 100% correct. But I have this thought (and I may be wrong), and thought I would run it by you. If the bullet seating die press's the bullet into the case with contact to the ogive rather than the tip of the bullet, wouldn't that be acceptable? If I took a bullet and placed it in a once fired case (no powder or primer) and fed it into the rifle and closed the bolt a few times allowing the bullet to touch the lands and then slide back into the case. Then I could measure the coal of this dummy round and adjust my bullet seating die to seat this dummy bullet to the coal of my dummy round, then every bullet after that would have the same bullet seating depth. The coal would be different on all of the rounds due to the bullet lengths being different, but the seating depth would be consistent on all of the rounds correct? That is IF my seating die press's the bullet in on the ogive rather than the bullet tip correct? Sorry so long, but I was just pondering this and thought I would ask. Thanks again for all the help so far. [/QUOTE]
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