Sweetroles, Iuse the old fashion way, I drill (5 cases) the flash hole/primerspocket large enough to allow a cleaning rod to pass through the hole, or small wood dowel. I size the case and seat the bullet, remove the bolt and chamber the round, I then place the rod into the drilled flash hole and push the bullet out of the case as far as it will travel, I then remove the cleaning rod, remove the test case, the test case is MAXIMUM OVERALL LENGTH for that chamber using that bullet, it does not mean the test case will feed from the magazine/box, the test case could be too long. The loader can subtract COL from MOL to determine the distance the bullet is seated from the lands.

If a different bullet is to be used, another test case must be used.

Transfer: A term unknown in the field of hand loading/reloading. The test case does not need a Stoney Point to transfer the transfer, the test case MAXIMUM OVERALL LENGTH can be transfered straight to the seater die by raising the seater die and raising the seater plug with the test case in the shell holder, raise the ram, then lower the seater die until the case contacts the the crimp portion of the die, stop, raise the die 1/2 turn and secure the die with the lock nut, then screw the seater plug down until it contacts the bullet, when the plug contacts the bullet, secure the seater plug. The measurement of the test case at this point has been transferred to the seating die. (remove thetest case)The height of the seater plug stem above the die is the maximum length a case can be seater without hitting the lands, the bullet seating depth can be adjusted by measuring the height of the stem with the aid of thedepth/heightend of the dial caliper, (for a reading of .020 off the lands)just 'O' the caliper, adjust the stem and measure until the reading is -.020. Or you can purchase the $70.00 precision seater die from any number of suppliers, and that means one for each caliber you load for, still, how do you transfer the chamber dimensions to the seater settings without a transfer?

Mark the test case with the serial number and caliber of the rifle for setting up the die when loading that bullet for that chamber.

Seater-a die that seats the bullet