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HELP: Hornady seater is crimping/smashing the bullet ogive
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<blockquote data-quote="CB11WYO" data-source="post: 1113654" data-attributes="member: 57339"><p>Hey guys. This is my first time using Hornady dies. They're Custom Grade 223 wssm, loading for a friend. The seater is smashing my bullet ogives (see pic) (Hornady 68gr BTHP). I seat as follows: seat 1/3 depth, rotate 1/3 turn, seat another 1/3 depth, rotate again and seat completely. I did notice that the effect is lessened if I seat completely in one pass without rotating... But it still smashed them slightly. Also noticed that the cartridge base to ogive measurements had what I considered to be a lot of variance... +-.005</p><p></p><p>Think it's a die issue? Bullet issue? Or loading technique?</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CB11WYO, post: 1113654, member: 57339"] Hey guys. This is my first time using Hornady dies. They're Custom Grade 223 wssm, loading for a friend. The seater is smashing my bullet ogives (see pic) (Hornady 68gr BTHP). I seat as follows: seat 1/3 depth, rotate 1/3 turn, seat another 1/3 depth, rotate again and seat completely. I did notice that the effect is lessened if I seat completely in one pass without rotating... But it still smashed them slightly. Also noticed that the cartridge base to ogive measurements had what I considered to be a lot of variance... +-.005 Think it's a die issue? Bullet issue? Or loading technique? Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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