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Maggie’s What's Your View II
- The Bear Pit
- 23218 Replies
Just the eggs from one. Chot down wun a dem knew jersey drones.Is that some sort of alien?
We found out you are stressed at work....so you won't be stressed you're fired.
- By Expert684
- The Bear Pit
- 111 Replies
I got a 47 year old that works for me. He is stressed. He’s a fucktard, pro union, wants to be a social butterfly. Just a pita, no body wants to talk to him. I need him, but maybe not for long.
Maggie’s What's Your View II
- The Bear Pit
- 23218 Replies
I have one from my penny bucket. I thought it was Canadian at first and I was about to toss it.Rec’d this in change today, wonder how many hands it’s passed thru…..
6.5 Grendel
- By bobke
- Reloading Depot
- 919 Replies
If you were using Redding dies, easy button would be a VLD seating stem, vs std.
“The Redding Competition Seating Dies for bottleneck cases are supplied with a free-floating seat stem that works well with the most common bullets available for the given caliber. Redding also makes these VLD seat stems for use with many popular VLD style bullets. These bullets have a much shallower ogive angle and may actually bottom out in the standard seat plug. The VLD Seat plugs have a proper internal contact angle and generally a smaller diameter to engage a VLD bullet in a more effective position for proper seating.”
Since you’re using RCBS dies, lapping your stem to the specific bullet, or merely relieving or chamfering some of the sharper internal edges of stem might be pretty easy way to address issue. If bullet tip is contacting stem before ogive, you might want to modify stem ID to eliminate same.
I’ve run into your issue when I have assembled ‘generously compressed’ loads,
which I avoid, though my favorite AR Comp does require a small amount of handle pressure when seating, especially with softer bullets. A short double stroke at bottom of cycle to assure consistent seating depth.
I tumble, anneal every firing cycle, use Redding lube on exterior, Redding Imperial dry neck lube on interior, and have migrated to Forster FL sizing dies and Redding carbide mandrels for case prep, and Redding Comp seating dies. Very low runout, .002 neck tension, excellent SD’s and accuracy. Shoot a lot of 120gr Scenars and no bullet marking.
One more thing-I feel pretty confident with my process, but as a double check on neck tension, even after annealing, I use a Forster neck gauge, and have found in some instances, another pass on mandrel required to assure even neck tension. If you’re not annealing, neck spring back could be yielding more grip than you might expect.
“The Redding Competition Seating Dies for bottleneck cases are supplied with a free-floating seat stem that works well with the most common bullets available for the given caliber. Redding also makes these VLD seat stems for use with many popular VLD style bullets. These bullets have a much shallower ogive angle and may actually bottom out in the standard seat plug. The VLD Seat plugs have a proper internal contact angle and generally a smaller diameter to engage a VLD bullet in a more effective position for proper seating.”
Since you’re using RCBS dies, lapping your stem to the specific bullet, or merely relieving or chamfering some of the sharper internal edges of stem might be pretty easy way to address issue. If bullet tip is contacting stem before ogive, you might want to modify stem ID to eliminate same.
I’ve run into your issue when I have assembled ‘generously compressed’ loads,
which I avoid, though my favorite AR Comp does require a small amount of handle pressure when seating, especially with softer bullets. A short double stroke at bottom of cycle to assure consistent seating depth.
I tumble, anneal every firing cycle, use Redding lube on exterior, Redding Imperial dry neck lube on interior, and have migrated to Forster FL sizing dies and Redding carbide mandrels for case prep, and Redding Comp seating dies. Very low runout, .002 neck tension, excellent SD’s and accuracy. Shoot a lot of 120gr Scenars and no bullet marking.
One more thing-I feel pretty confident with my process, but as a double check on neck tension, even after annealing, I use a Forster neck gauge, and have found in some instances, another pass on mandrel required to assure even neck tension. If you’re not annealing, neck spring back could be yielding more grip than you might expect.
Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1
- The Bear Pit
- 283729 Replies
Complaining about ass holes tailgating and flashing. Then admits to being an interstate justice warrior intentionally blocking people. It's crazy how the first tattle tail is usually a guilty party.
Baja rules should apply. First you get a beep, then you get a bump, then you go for a ride. No reapricusions for being an ass hole is not how a society maintains a polite demeanor.
Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1
- By aprocast
- The Bear Pit
- 283729 Replies
Speed limits on the interstate should be higher. Trucks should not be allowed out of the right lane, and civil penalties for impeding should be higher and income based. And drivers should SWERVE out for bicyclists.
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