Thread: New to reloading and have some questions

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

max....if he has a factory round left over.......use that to set up die in first place...eg put die in press loosely,place loaded round on base and drop handle right down so round is in uppermost position,now slowly screw die in watching the press handle...when she starts to twitch like a mouses nose when the cheese is nearby the projectile has touched the seater stem. now make up that dummy round and you will find its pretty darn near the same......well the ring of seating die on oglive will be at same place on both rounds,so if similar shape will be similar length.....big fat round noses wont seat the same as a skinny splitzer of course.....

Agree it ought to get it close, but unless it 's the same projectile in both cases, there may be the need to make small adjustments.

For example I'd have to tweak my seating die if I was changing from 120gn Nosler's to 139 gn Hornady SST's., as there's a weight and ogive profile difference.