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Inconsistent seating depth
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1196201" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>Not making a lot of sense out of this. The bullet is deformed with no gun powder in the case, and with a case neck ID only 0.0015" smaller in diameter than the bullet OD. And you say that little to no press handle force is required to collapse the bullet jackets while seating bullets? How can that be? The bullet jackets aren't paper thin. If you're collapsing the nose area of the bullet jacket, there's a restriction present somewhere or another that's increasing the force applied by the seating stem onto the bullet jacket.</p><p></p><p>All you've got to do is analyze that until you figure it out. Certainly, customizing a seater stem to match the form of the bullet will help spread the contact force out to a greater bearing surface against the bullet jacket. But it should not have to be a mold/glove perfect fit.</p><p></p><p>Place some Imperial Sizing Wax or some Hornady Unique sizing wax on the interior of your case necks using a Q-tip prior to seating your bullets. Remove the excess wax with a fresh Q-tip. If you're still deforming bullets, then you'll need to identify the cause (physical interference) of the excessive bullet seating force. And there aren't a whole lot of possibilities. There will be a very straightforward explanation, that rises nowhere near the level of rocket science.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1196201, member: 4191"] Not making a lot of sense out of this. The bullet is deformed with no gun powder in the case, and with a case neck ID only 0.0015" smaller in diameter than the bullet OD. And you say that little to no press handle force is required to collapse the bullet jackets while seating bullets? How can that be? The bullet jackets aren't paper thin. If you're collapsing the nose area of the bullet jacket, there's a restriction present somewhere or another that's increasing the force applied by the seating stem onto the bullet jacket. All you've got to do is analyze that until you figure it out. Certainly, customizing a seater stem to match the form of the bullet will help spread the contact force out to a greater bearing surface against the bullet jacket. But it should not have to be a mold/glove perfect fit. Place some Imperial Sizing Wax or some Hornady Unique sizing wax on the interior of your case necks using a Q-tip prior to seating your bullets. Remove the excess wax with a fresh Q-tip. If you're still deforming bullets, then you'll need to identify the cause (physical interference) of the excessive bullet seating force. And there aren't a whole lot of possibilities. There will be a very straightforward explanation, that rises nowhere near the level of rocket science. [/QUOTE]
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