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The Basics, Starting Out
Seating into the lands
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<blockquote data-quote="BountyHunter" data-source="post: 53193" data-attributes="member: 12"><p>I do something similar. I seat a bullet real long and then remove the cartidge after chambering and measure. It normally leaves marks that are about .040-.060 on the bullet. You can normally find that you have about another .010-.20 engagement at the edge of the lands before you see measurable marks. I double check with stoney point tool, but have never been able to get consistent measurements with it.</p><p></p><p>Now I normally leave it with marks about .10-.020 and start load development for 1k or other single shot style guns. That way I am max pressure for load and only have to come down to find best seating depth versus starting in the middle.</p><p></p><p>I have found that Sierra type bullets like to be near or just off the lands while custom VLD bullets routinely like touching or in as deep as .030.</p><p></p><p>BH</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BountyHunter, post: 53193, member: 12"] I do something similar. I seat a bullet real long and then remove the cartidge after chambering and measure. It normally leaves marks that are about .040-.060 on the bullet. You can normally find that you have about another .010-.20 engagement at the edge of the lands before you see measurable marks. I double check with stoney point tool, but have never been able to get consistent measurements with it. Now I normally leave it with marks about .10-.020 and start load development for 1k or other single shot style guns. That way I am max pressure for load and only have to come down to find best seating depth versus starting in the middle. I have found that Sierra type bullets like to be near or just off the lands while custom VLD bullets routinely like touching or in as deep as .030. BH [/QUOTE]
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