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<blockquote data-quote="milboltnut" data-source="post: 2411697" data-attributes="member: 117662"><p>I guess getting on a bullet concentricity kick isn't really good idea below .005. I had accuuracy problems and went to the accurateshooter forum, that's when I rolled some RCBS loaded ammo and saw the bullet wobble. I would blame it on the seater die. I have a RCBS seater for my 300 weatherby and the seater stem is a VLD stem, and seat bullets straight. Coulda call it a day and bought a better stem, but I got a Forster chamber seater and learned that they sell VLD stems, later found out RCBS sells them. Who knew ? My accuracy improved quite a bit, bedding the rifle and concentricity improvements. My next die is a micro seater, but even with that, how can you really seat a bullet when you don't know where the bullet ogive is making contact with the lands? Every 100 rounds or so creates erosion.</p><p></p><p>I have a collet die... but am was convinced that you can't control neck tension as much as a different diameter mandrels. I found out Lee can make a custom collet die for you, however I measured the mandrel sleeve where the mandrel slips into to be .312 and the mandrel rod to be .306. You have plenty of room to make a mandrel larger and max out the die adjustment completely instead of guessing. </p><p>A honed neck cuts out 3 steps, FL, neck expansion mandreling, and turning, down to 1. But then this with honing....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milboltnut, post: 2411697, member: 117662"] I guess getting on a bullet concentricity kick isn't really good idea below .005. I had accuuracy problems and went to the accurateshooter forum, that's when I rolled some RCBS loaded ammo and saw the bullet wobble. I would blame it on the seater die. I have a RCBS seater for my 300 weatherby and the seater stem is a VLD stem, and seat bullets straight. Coulda call it a day and bought a better stem, but I got a Forster chamber seater and learned that they sell VLD stems, later found out RCBS sells them. Who knew ? My accuracy improved quite a bit, bedding the rifle and concentricity improvements. My next die is a micro seater, but even with that, how can you really seat a bullet when you don't know where the bullet ogive is making contact with the lands? Every 100 rounds or so creates erosion. I have a collet die... but am was convinced that you can't control neck tension as much as a different diameter mandrels. I found out Lee can make a custom collet die for you, however I measured the mandrel sleeve where the mandrel slips into to be .312 and the mandrel rod to be .306. You have plenty of room to make a mandrel larger and max out the die adjustment completely instead of guessing. A honed neck cuts out 3 steps, FL, neck expansion mandreling, and turning, down to 1. But then this with honing.... [/QUOTE]
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