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Reloading
Seating depth for a newbie
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<blockquote data-quote="FatOldMIHunter" data-source="post: 1406940" data-attributes="member: 104844"><p>How much bearing surface of the bullet is inside the case mouth? The boattail doesn't count as bearing surface. I've heard several rules-of-thumb about minimum seating depth. The most conservative is that you need one bullet diameter of bearing surface. The least conservative is that you need at least .080". Of course neck tension plays a part. I use a minimum of .150" with 140 gr boattail bullets in 6.5mm and .200 with 162 gr bullets in 7mm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FatOldMIHunter, post: 1406940, member: 104844"] How much bearing surface of the bullet is inside the case mouth? The boattail doesn't count as bearing surface. I've heard several rules-of-thumb about minimum seating depth. The most conservative is that you need one bullet diameter of bearing surface. The least conservative is that you need at least .080". Of course neck tension plays a part. I use a minimum of .150" with 140 gr boattail bullets in 6.5mm and .200 with 162 gr bullets in 7mm. [/QUOTE]
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