Thread: Seating stem

Hey Puku
I struggled with my .223 hornady dies like you are with vmax projectiles,,i got a vld seating stem in from hornady to suit and it was no better ,,,brought a redding seating die set to see if it was any better but was worse i ended up taking te original seating stem to work and lapping it with a projectile and some supper fine valvle grinding paste and then polishing it with some crankshaft polishing tape ,,,the whole exercise was a bit frustrating and many people i talked to said the small ring is very common and doesnt reallly worrie anything ,,,i read up heaps on it to and they said the same ,,being a fussy bugger i just wanted to sort it !!! Tui is right with the neck tension deal ,,,i didnt have the luxury of getting a set of these dies and wanted to sort what i had,,,, and doing what i did made a huge difference ,,,,,just take it in small steps
My forster ultra seaters in other callibers do the same maybe not as bad and some projectiles seem worse than others.

Originally Posted by Bushrash

Hey Puku
I struggled with my .223 hornady dies like you are with vmax projectiles,,i got a vld seating stem in from hornady to suit and it was no better ,,,brought a redding seating die set to see if it was any better but was worse i ended up taking te original seating stem to work and lapping it with a projectile and some supper fine valvle grinding paste and then polishing it with some crankshaft polishing tape ,,,the whole exercise was a bit frustrating and many people i talked to said the small ring is very common and doesnt reallly worrie anything ,,,i read up heaps on it to and they said the same ,,being a fussy bugger i just wanted to sort it !!! Tui is right with the neck tension deal ,,,i didnt have the luxury of getting a set of these dies and wanted to sort what i had,,,, and doing what i did made a huge difference ,,,,,just take it in small steps
My forster ultra seaters in other callibers do the same maybe not as bad and some projectiles seem worse than others.

Yes I just wonder if the jacket on the new LR Ab's are really thin around the front which cases such a dent. With the VLDs there was just a small ring made compared to these.

I'll post up a pic soon