forster's ultra micrometer seater"one size fits all?"

[lpreddick]

my aging eyes love this seater. i have one for 6mmbr, 6x47 lapua and 22 br. my new build is a 6x45 and i was going to buy one of these seaters, now i don't have to buy an entire seater. you can buy a "seater die chamber and it's retaing ring for $29.20 directly from forster. remove the 6br die chamber and insert the 6x45 and seat bullets! i bought a .223 seater die chamber and ring and use it in place of the 22br seater die chamber. you can use just one die for 22cal and 6mm bullets if you also change the bullet seating stem... purchasable from forster. i believe there are six cartridges in 6mm that will use the same seater body, just change the seater die chamber. there may be 8 or 9 in 22 cal. don't know if larger calibers bodies' are longer, but i suspect the 6.5s, 7mm and 30 cal might work as the 22cal and 6mm.

 

[jonbearman]

It is similar to the rcbs comp seater.You buy the 2 internals and you have a seater for everything providing you ues the correct extended shell plate.

 

[Hopkins]

Is there a way to upgrade a forster bench rest seater die to an "ultra micrometer seater? I bought several when I couldn't find the micrometer version of the die. Forster's web page doesn't provide exploded parts diagrams.

 

[CatShooter]

Is there a way to upgrade a forster bench rest seater die to an "ultra micrometer seater? I bought several when I couldn't find the micrometer version of the die.

Yes, they have a "kit" with all the stuff you need - it's about $35-ish.

 

[Hopkins]

thanks,I'll give them a call.

 

[KMart]

I think there are2 different chamber bodies that the die chamber slides into depending on the length of the cartridge. I also think that there are a couple of different micrometer tops as some of the seating stems have different threads and diameters

The small body is used from 17 Rem to 6mm rem
The large body is used from the 25 calibers up
I have a PDF file taken from the forster website, but I can't get it to copy and paste to this.

 

[Grimstod]

my aging eyes love this seater. i have one for 6mmbr, 6x47 lapua and 22 br. my new build is a 6x45 and i was going to buy one of these seaters, now i don't have to buy an entire seater. you can buy a "seater die chamber and it's retaing ring for $29.20 directly from forster. remove the 6br die chamber and insert the 6x45 and seat bullets! i bought a .223 seater die chamber and ring and use it in place of the 22br seater die chamber. you can use just one die for 22cal and 6mm bullets if you also change the bullet seating stem... purchasable from forster. i believe there are six cartridges in 6mm that will use the same seater body, just change the seater die chamber. there may be 8 or 9 in 22 cal. don't know if larger calibers bodies' are longer, but i suspect the 6.5s, 7mm and 30 cal might work as the 22cal and 6mm.

Thank you for posting this. This will save me some mony when I start buying into other cartridges.

 

[gotcha]

Geez, I've got 4 Forster micro seaters and really only needed two ? Live and learn ???............... Excellent info though 8)