For VLD reloaders
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:50 pm
http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/tag/berger-bullets/
I spotted this a while ago but forgot to post something about it. The easy way to check is to 'paint' the end of a bullet with a permanent marker pen and then seat it and look for a contact mark on the Ogive, if it exists you *should* be OK, if not let me know as I fancy making a couple of seater inserts for VLD bullets and have not found a die/bullet combination to do this for yet.Many shooters have problems getting the VLD bullets to shoot because of the bullet seater die they are using. VLD bullet noses are so long and sharp that, in many dies, the bullet tip bottoms out in the bullet seater stem instead of touching on the side of the ogive like it should. Seating depth inconsistencies up to .025" can occur if the seater stem bottoms out on the bullet tip. The worst part is that many shooters have no idea that this is the root cause of their poor performance.