Hogdaddy
St. Petersburg, Florida
Subject: Dead Length Bullet Seating Die
When using this die it seemed to be deforming the tip of the Berger 168 gr VLD 30 CAL bullets while seating. When I looked at the part that actually touches the bullet while seating I realized that rather than pushing uniformly where it comes in contact with the side of the bullet it exerts ALL of the seating pressure on the tip of a bullet. This seems to slightly deform any bullet loaded in general and in particular the VLD type of bullets.
I can't use this tool. The whole idea of the long distance bullets like the VLD is its high BC and that has to be affected by the deforming of the bullets tip... Is this how all dies accomplish bullet seating?
When using this die it seemed to be deforming the tip of the Berger 168 gr VLD 30 CAL bullets while seating. When I looked at the part that actually touches the bullet while seating I realized that rather than pushing uniformly where it comes in contact with the side of the bullet it exerts ALL of the seating pressure on the tip of a bullet. This seems to slightly deform any bullet loaded in general and in particular the VLD type of bullets.
I can't use this tool. The whole idea of the long distance bullets like the VLD is its high BC and that has to be affected by the deforming of the bullets tip... Is this how all dies accomplish bullet seating?