Ring on bullet from seater Die

By badaboom
Published on: 2008-07-08 at 9:38 AM

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I'm reloading .223. using all Dillon equipment 550b and dillon .223 remington die set. During the bullet Seating die station process of the press, I have found that all the bullets or most of the bullets I have seated appear to have a noticable ring around the bullet head upon completion with the seating station process. Is this normal ?? I have not seen this before with other bullet seating dies. Maybe a bullet pulling die. Working with Nosler 55 gr ballistic tips bullets. Hints resolution THANKS

Also on another NOTE - I'm New to this Progressive loading process and the Dillon 550B.

The primer seating appears to function OK.

Although I could us a bit deeper seating of the primer and I have to hand pull just a tad for the primer to find its way into the .223 cases primer pocket on the small primer slide. Any Help?

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Posted by: dillon

Posted on: 2008-07-08 at 12:59:49 PM

This marking is not uncommon on the softer match bullets. You can try polishing the interior of the bullet seating stem to match the profile of the bullets you are using with a dremel tool and a kratex cone. It helps if you chamfer the case mouth using a deburring tool.

Primer seating is a function of how tight the shellplate bolt is, how stiff the benchtop is(hint: plywood is a poor material choice for this application), and pressure applied at the end of the upstroke of the handle.

Posted by: cmbishop

Posted on: 2008-12-30 at 07:36:15 PM

I am having the same issues on the XL 650 with Dillon 223 carbide set. I am chamfering the cases. Not every round has a pronounced ring on the bullet. I'm using Hornady 75gr BTHP bullets.

How will this affect the accuracy?

your thoughts,

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Ring on bullet from seater Die

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