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Reloading
Seating Die: This Happened
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<blockquote data-quote="Howland" data-source="post: 2159884" data-attributes="member: 103509"><p>Your die is not properly adjusted. It is trying to crimp the neck and seat the bullet deeper at the same time. Something has to give and that something is the neck.</p><p></p><p>For most rifles, especially bolt action, crimping is not needed. Some people want a taper crimp in autoloaders to prevent the violent action of chambering from seating the bullet deeper. I don't ever crimp and have never had a problem. </p><p></p><p>To adjust your die so it does not crimp, back the die out a turn or two and run a sized and empty case all the way up on the ram. Then turn the die down until it just makes contact with the neck. Turn it back out a half turn or so and lock it down. This will seat bullets without crimping.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Howland, post: 2159884, member: 103509"] Your die is not properly adjusted. It is trying to crimp the neck and seat the bullet deeper at the same time. Something has to give and that something is the neck. For most rifles, especially bolt action, crimping is not needed. Some people want a taper crimp in autoloaders to prevent the violent action of chambering from seating the bullet deeper. I don't ever crimp and have never had a problem. To adjust your die so it does not crimp, back the die out a turn or two and run a sized and empty case all the way up on the ram. Then turn the die down until it just makes contact with the neck. Turn it back out a half turn or so and lock it down. This will seat bullets without crimping. [/QUOTE]
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