bullet seating depth

[haywire05]

Finally got my first long range gun . Guy I bought it from said seat off the lands at .015 thousand. He was shooting 2.9"@600yds with this gun and has the load development with it . Just need to make shure I load properly . Have loaded hunting rifles before but nothiing like a long range shooter.


Question on bullet seating depth . Have had numerous people tell me how to do it .

But does this work pushed in a bullet in a new case by hand and fed it in to the chamber seating it with the bolt and then Proceeded crank my redding die down onto the bullet till it just touches . locked it in and then backed off the micrometer 15 thousand . Is this right if not please tell me . I really want to get shooting this gun and see what i can do . Cheers

 

[Winchester 69]

Re: bullet seating depth

Wouldn't you want to run the micrometer in 0.015"? It would shorten the loaded round so that it would be spaced off of the lands.

 

[Victor N TN]

Re: bullet seating depth

WIN69 said it right. You're going the wrong way. You want to push the bullet IN .015" farther. That way the bullet has .015" free jump to get to the lands.

You had most of the proceedure right. Just backward on that one step.

Good luck on doing the longer ranges.

 

[ericf]

Re: bullet seating depth

be careful adjusting the die to fit the length. A good set of calipers is a better way to measure and adjust for proper length.

 

[MitchAlsup]

Re: bullet seating depth

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: haywire05</div><div class="ubbcode-body">But does this work pushed in a bullet in a new case by hand and fed it in to the chamber seating it with the bolt and then Proceeded crank my redding die down onto the bullet till it just touches . locked it in and then backed off the micrometer 15 thousand . </div></div>

Don't back off 0.015 continue forward 0.015. {forward means the bullet is seated deaper and the OAL goes down}