When you seat a bullet
#4
RE: When you seat a bullet
Use a Lyman 'M' die to put a slight bell on the case neck, then when you seat, you set your seating die to restraighten the case neck as the bullet is seated. Voila! no shavings.
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RE: When you seat a bullet
It will happen from time to time,even if your brasss is trimmed,chamfered,and defurred correctly. Some brand of bullets have a litte different dimensions,as well as do your sizeing dies. .Just check your brass that you went through all the proper steps,and if it does a little on some brand bullets don,t worry about it.One shouldn,t have to use any type of lube to seat the bullets!!!!!! Your can take that to the bank. vangunsmith
#6
RE: When you seat a bullet
I got the deburr tool made for VLD bullets, which I assume is the 30 degree unit BC is talking about. Have never had copper shavings using this tool - so I now use it for all rifle bullets. The idea of belling the neck a little and then crimping it back when seating can't be good for neck life.
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RE: When you seat a bullet
ORIGINAL: vangunsmith
It will happen from time to time,even if your brasss is trimmed,chamfered,and defurred correctly.
It will happen from time to time,even if your brasss is trimmed,chamfered,and defurred correctly.
I know, tacky......but it gets old picking on Bigcountry all the time
#8
RE: When you seat a bullet
The idea of belling the neck a little and then crimping it back when seating can't be good for neck life.
Another neat benifit of the 'M' die is that you can use it for jacketed bulelts as well, I go an extra step and remove the expander ball when I resize, use a universal decapper to punch the primer out, and use the 'M' die to expand the neck back out. It makes the case necks straighter and works the brass even less than if you simply FL resized with the expander ball in place.
The 'M' die is pretty much unknown to most people unless they have reloaded lead rifle bullets, but its worth its weight in gold.