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<blockquote data-quote="woods" data-source="post: 430001" data-attributes="member: 6042"><p>I'm with mo, seating depth is very seldom the dominant factor in accuracy. I reload for over 40 different rifles and have found accuracy from .160" to .020" off the lands.</p><p></p><p>If you are really intent on loading close to the lands then you can try different bullets with ogive shapes that will get you closer. Typically a round nose will greatly reduce your jump but we don't want to shoot them because of the low BC. Heavy for caliber TSX's typically can be seated closer. The plastic tipped and long noses on VLD's will set you back on your jump to the lands. IOW if you are looking for terminal performance only then try some Protected Point Partitions and you will be able to seat close or even into the lands.</p><p></p><p>For me I will start at .030" for normal cup and core bullets and .050" for monometals like TSX, GMX, E-Tips etc. Vary your powder charge, case prep, primer selection etc and you can find accuracy at almost whatever seating depth you choose. There are many rifles that shoot factory ammo in rifles like Weatherby's and Ultra Mags that have huge jumps and still manage to shoot 1/2 MOA or smaller.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woods, post: 430001, member: 6042"] I'm with mo, seating depth is very seldom the dominant factor in accuracy. I reload for over 40 different rifles and have found accuracy from .160" to .020" off the lands. If you are really intent on loading close to the lands then you can try different bullets with ogive shapes that will get you closer. Typically a round nose will greatly reduce your jump but we don't want to shoot them because of the low BC. Heavy for caliber TSX's typically can be seated closer. The plastic tipped and long noses on VLD's will set you back on your jump to the lands. IOW if you are looking for terminal performance only then try some Protected Point Partitions and you will be able to seat close or even into the lands. For me I will start at .030" for normal cup and core bullets and .050" for monometals like TSX, GMX, E-Tips etc. Vary your powder charge, case prep, primer selection etc and you can find accuracy at almost whatever seating depth you choose. There are many rifles that shoot factory ammo in rifles like Weatherby's and Ultra Mags that have huge jumps and still manage to shoot 1/2 MOA or smaller. [/QUOTE]
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