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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
Find seating depth or powder charge first on VLD's?
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<blockquote data-quote="twoftagl" data-source="post: 909322" data-attributes="member: 46908"><p>How are you measuring? OAL or base to ogive? And which bullets are you seeing this variation?</p><p></p><p>Make sure your seating die is not seating by pushing on the tip of the bullet. If it is, this is where your variance is coming from. The seating die should give clearance around the tip and push the bullet more near the ogive where the bullet doesn't vary as much. Pushing on the tip can cause further deformation of a lead, or flex of a polymer tip. Some older dies will do this, as some newer bullets need more clearance to allow for the longer nose.</p><p></p><p>You should be able to keep the base-to-ogive +\- .001" to .002" without too many troubles.</p><p></p><p>Chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="twoftagl, post: 909322, member: 46908"] How are you measuring? OAL or base to ogive? And which bullets are you seeing this variation? Make sure your seating die is not seating by pushing on the tip of the bullet. If it is, this is where your variance is coming from. The seating die should give clearance around the tip and push the bullet more near the ogive where the bullet doesn't vary as much. Pushing on the tip can cause further deformation of a lead, or flex of a polymer tip. Some older dies will do this, as some newer bullets need more clearance to allow for the longer nose. You should be able to keep the base-to-ogive +\- .001" to .002" without too many troubles. Chris [/QUOTE]
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