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The Basics, Starting Out
Seating depth? what's the limit?
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<blockquote data-quote="Al8095" data-source="post: 55249" data-attributes="member: 2108"><p><strong>Seating depth? what\'s the limit?</strong></p><p></p><p>Hey guys, I just got my box of A-max's and when I check the lands with my stoney point the bullet is not even in the neck when it contacts. I know this bullet likes to be really close to the lands but it doesn't look like that's going to be an option without rechambering. I was going to seat the bullet out really far and my question was what is the minimum contact needed between the neck and bullet? If I seat it out to where less than half of the neck is contacting the bullet what problems could I have. It has to make a difference with pressures and I'm sure it will run the risk of collapsing cases way up. Even with it seated like that I have over a .150 jump, can this bullet shoot well with that much? So what would be a minimum portion of the neck that has to be gripping the bullet? Thanks a lot Sorry forgot to say, the gun is a sendero 7mm ultra mag</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Al8095, post: 55249, member: 2108"] [b]Seating depth? what\'s the limit?[/b] Hey guys, I just got my box of A-max's and when I check the lands with my stoney point the bullet is not even in the neck when it contacts. I know this bullet likes to be really close to the lands but it doesn't look like that's going to be an option without rechambering. I was going to seat the bullet out really far and my question was what is the minimum contact needed between the neck and bullet? If I seat it out to where less than half of the neck is contacting the bullet what problems could I have. It has to make a difference with pressures and I'm sure it will run the risk of collapsing cases way up. Even with it seated like that I have over a .150 jump, can this bullet shoot well with that much? So what would be a minimum portion of the neck that has to be gripping the bullet? Thanks a lot Sorry forgot to say, the gun is a sendero 7mm ultra mag [/QUOTE]
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