Have I been seating my bullets wrong all these years

[JamesnTN]

I good friend made a video of seating bullets with a Wilson inlign seater die. He sets the die over the charged case with the seated stem pulled and drops the bullet thru the hole and then puts the stem in the die and seats the bullet.

Ok I've always sat my bullet on top my charged case and then I put the seater die over both the case and bullet together and then I seat my bullet. I've done it this way for years. So is that not correct or are there any ill effects seating bullets the way I have over dropping the bullet into the top of the die?

 

[Terry]

You are doing it properly.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Check and see if you CAN drop one thru the top. All my properly sized inline seaters dont have a hole big enough for the bullet to go thru

 

[savagedasher]

Just tried my Dasher die it would work. Larry

 

[JamesnTN]

Check and see if you CAN drop one thru the top. All my properly sized inline seaters dont have a hole big enough for the bullet to go thru

Dusty,

Yes they will drop thru the top I tried that today on my 6 BR. I haven't tried it on anything else though.

 

[mr45man]

I wouldn.t risk dropping the seater stem.
John H.

 

[Patch700]

If memory serves correct they told me not to get in the habit of removing the seating stem completely from the die... Something to do with risking a chance at prematurely wearing the stems fit to the die. Not sure if it'd happen too quickly but i suppose if a person was rammy they could eventually cause wear that way.

 

[Sniper338]

If memory serves correct they told me not to get in the habit of removing the seating stem completely from the die... Something to do with risking a chance at prematurely wearing the stems fit to the die. Not sure if it'd happen too quickly but i suppose if a person was rammy they could eventually cause wear that way.

this is correct... wilson told me that too.. not suppose to take the top off the die/pull out the stem when using it.

 

[JamesnTN]

Thanks for answers, I thought I may had missed something new..... I agree I wouldn't want to wear out the fit between the die and stem and next as clumsy as I get at times I surely don't want to be dropping the stem onto the floor.

 

[M14AMU]

More years ago than I like to recall Wilson's instructions stated doing it the way you have been doing it for years! DO NOT REMOVE the stem from the die body!!

 

[Waskawood]

James,

I believe the reason he was doing it the way he did in the video was because he has some physical limitations that prevent him from setting the bullet on top of the shell and then placing the die over it. The die helps him hold the bullet in the correct position.

 

[nosualc]

If memory serves correct they told me not to get in the habit of removing the seating stem completely from the die... Something to do with risking a chance at prematurely wearing the stems fit to the die. Not sure if it'd happen too quickly but i suppose if a person was rammy they could eventually cause wear that way.

+1

You're doing it right.

-nosualc

 

[liliana]

nice info
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[bdale]

If memory serves correct they told me not to get in the habit of removing the seating stem completely from the die... Something to do with risking a chance at prematurely wearing the stems fit to the die. Not sure if it'd happen too quickly but i suppose if a person was rammy they could eventually cause wear that way.

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[shoot4fun]

My first experience with a Wilson die was when I got my first 6PPC. I seated bullets like your buddy, the reason being I though it would aid in concentricity. Well, I got my hand slapped pretty quick by the "old-timers" and was told two reasons that out weighed the concentricity thing; You risk dropping the stem and you just aren't supposed to do it that way. A bent seating stem during a match finally changed my mind.

 

[Geronimo Jim]

The directions that comes with the die tell you to NOT remove the stem.

 

[mikecr]

I can understand WANTING to set bullets like this(like a Vickerman die), especially with FB bullets.
But I don't.
Lifting that seater stem all the way out and then getting it aligned to restore -without binding the stem or affecting my micrometer setting, is ~as annoying and difficult as balancing bullets on case mouths..