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Reloading
Do you seat your bullet to OAL or ogive length
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikecr" data-source="post: 370457" data-attributes="member: 1521"><p>Your flaw is measuring ogives from the base of the bullet, and twisting this to somehow mean something. It doesn't mean ANYTHING about bullet distance to the lands. Even ACTUAL CONTACT distance to your lands means nothing.</p><p>Also meaning nothing:</p><p>Boat tail length</p><p>Bearing length</p><p>Nose length</p><p>The comparison tool datum</p><p></p><p>All that matters is that you seat contact point from the lands the same distance your barrel tells you is best -everytime. Doesn't matter what that is, or what you think it is. Just pick a tool & put it there.</p><p>This couldn't get easier to do. But you analyze it as though bullet seating was just invented..</p><p></p><p>There are probably no problems with your seater contact points. They should be at a point that has most consistent hold under pressure, without damaging noses. If it were higher on the nose, seated depth would vary all over the place with neck tension variance. Just squish any reading you want with them calipers to see it. Too low on the nose and bullets won't seat straight.</p><p></p><p>The only things that can cause ACTUAL variance in resultant seating distance from the lands is an extremely poor stem match for the bullet(ex, bottoming), too much+highly inconsistent neck tension, and huge ogive radius variance(+-1/2cal and that's more than you'll ever see today).</p><p>But these won't be a problem for most reloaders.</p><p></p><p>Seating to a desired point is not a problem for most reloaders.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikecr, post: 370457, member: 1521"] Your flaw is measuring ogives from the base of the bullet, and twisting this to somehow mean something. It doesn't mean ANYTHING about bullet distance to the lands. Even ACTUAL CONTACT distance to your lands means nothing. Also meaning nothing: Boat tail length Bearing length Nose length The comparison tool datum All that matters is that you seat contact point from the lands the same distance your barrel tells you is best -everytime. Doesn't matter what that is, or what you think it is. Just pick a tool & put it there. This couldn't get easier to do. But you analyze it as though bullet seating was just invented.. There are probably no problems with your seater contact points. They should be at a point that has most consistent hold under pressure, without damaging noses. If it were higher on the nose, seated depth would vary all over the place with neck tension variance. Just squish any reading you want with them calipers to see it. Too low on the nose and bullets won't seat straight. The only things that can cause ACTUAL variance in resultant seating distance from the lands is an extremely poor stem match for the bullet(ex, bottoming), too much+highly inconsistent neck tension, and huge ogive radius variance(+-1/2cal and that's more than you'll ever see today). But these won't be a problem for most reloaders. Seating to a desired point is not a problem for most reloaders. [/QUOTE]
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