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rcbs dies for reloading berger vld bullets question
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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 1117599" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>Re: Seating VLD type bullets - Really long pointed bullets tend to bottom out in a conventional seater stem rather than being seated by the stem grabbing the full circumference of the bullet. Just remove the stem from your seater die and place a bullet in the stem to see how they engage each other. The point of the bullet should not bottom out in the stem. Sometimes you can make a simple modification to the stem to cure this if it happens.</p><p></p><p>Re: Seating with compressed loads - One of the reasons that compressed loads are a bad idea is because it has an adverse influence on OAL consistency. Each time you force a bullet onto a powder column it resists the seating pressure differently depending on the amount of compression. IME compressed loading never results in consistent OAL when measured off the ojive. Try it and you will see. Additionally, compressed loads cause a constant up-push on the bullet base. I have read that, over time, a bullet can be pushed up slightly by a compressed powder charge depending on compression and neck tension. While I have never conducted any tests to verify this, it certainly seems plausible.</p><p>I doubt that using compressed charges does any damage to your seating die. Redding may be able to shed some light on this but I'm skeptical.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 1117599, member: 313"] Re: Seating VLD type bullets - Really long pointed bullets tend to bottom out in a conventional seater stem rather than being seated by the stem grabbing the full circumference of the bullet. Just remove the stem from your seater die and place a bullet in the stem to see how they engage each other. The point of the bullet should not bottom out in the stem. Sometimes you can make a simple modification to the stem to cure this if it happens. Re: Seating with compressed loads - One of the reasons that compressed loads are a bad idea is because it has an adverse influence on OAL consistency. Each time you force a bullet onto a powder column it resists the seating pressure differently depending on the amount of compression. IME compressed loading never results in consistent OAL when measured off the ojive. Try it and you will see. Additionally, compressed loads cause a constant up-push on the bullet base. I have read that, over time, a bullet can be pushed up slightly by a compressed powder charge depending on compression and neck tension. While I have never conducted any tests to verify this, it certainly seems plausible. I doubt that using compressed charges does any damage to your seating die. Redding may be able to shed some light on this but I'm skeptical. [/QUOTE]
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