For those of you who are custom gun makers and/or reloaders.
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On October 16, 2021 at 12:36 pm, bobdog said:
I use the third method, but I remove the firing pin, seat long, and then make small adjustments to my seating die until I can feel the bolt drop without resistance. It’s a little fussier, but it’s very accurate, and your seating die is properly adjusted when you finish.
It’s important to remove the firing pin because you won’t be able to feel the bolt drop.
If you use Wilson hand dies, and you want to shoot .020″ off the lands, just slip an .020″ shim on the plunger and you’re done. Further adjustments are easy, just by changing the shims.
Woiks fer me. It’s pretty accurate.
Never did like those Stony Point things, because no matter how many times you do it, you’ll get different results every time. If you do use them, make sure you repeat the process four or five times. The Loctite method looks like it would be more accurate than the Stony Point method.
Either way, you still have to transfer the measurement to your seating die, and that’s got repeatability issues of it’s own. My method uses the die itself to set seating depth to the lands, so it’s repeatable.
That’s my two cents. Double your money back if not completely satisfied.
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On October 16, 2021 at 12:36 pm, bobdog said:
I use the third method, but I remove the firing pin, seat long, and then make small adjustments to my seating die until I can feel the bolt drop without resistance. It’s a little fussier, but it’s very accurate, and your seating die is properly adjusted when you finish.
It’s important to remove the firing pin because you won’t be able to feel the bolt drop.
If you use Wilson hand dies, and you want to shoot .020″ off the lands, just slip an .020″ shim on the plunger and you’re done. Further adjustments are easy, just by changing the shims.
Woiks fer me. It’s pretty accurate.
Never did like those Stony Point things, because no matter how many times you do it, you’ll get different results every time. If you do use them, make sure you repeat the process four or five times. The Loctite method looks like it would be more accurate than the Stony Point method.
Either way, you still have to transfer the measurement to your seating die, and that’s got repeatability issues of it’s own. My method uses the die itself to set seating depth to the lands, so it’s repeatable.
That’s my two cents. Double your money back if not completely satisfied.