18 May 2016, 10:09
MagnumdoodSeater die problems.
I'm reloading for a S&W 500 magnum. I haven't loaded for it for a while. Fortunately (maybe), I have a box of 500 magnum rounds I reloaded, and trying reload again, using a Barnes 275 GR XPB. My seater is a competition seater die with a Micrometer on top to make accurate changes in seating depth w/out having to turn the whole die on way or the other, hoping the correction is enough.
I have been trying longer than I'd like to admit, to simply seat a bullet. I haven't gotten one seated yet. I screwed the Micrometer down as far as it would go.
Roughly I need an OAL of 2.2". The closest the die can come is 2.7". In fact, no matter what I did with the Micrometer adjustments, the OAL stays at 2.7". I took the die apart.
It has the seater, a strong spring, and micrometer top which has the stem that moves the seater. I pushed the seating stem in from the top and it went into the die body and was stopped when a plastic piece on the back of
the seater catches on a ledge/constriction
inside on the die body. Over the last 25 years I've reloaded a hundred thousand rounds and I have never encountered this before. Obviously I'm missing a critical part of the die, or I'm missing something I should do with die.
Help.
Please.
18 May 2016, 19:47
ramrod340Sounds like the stem or spring is missing. like HV asked what brand die?
You should get a simple seater die that has no moving parts. W And it is hard to trouble shoot yours without pictures.
21 May 2016, 22:22
hivelosityI don't think we were any help?
22 May 2016, 06:59
ramrod340quote:
I don't think we were any help
I thought we were pretty helpful considering the
information we had to work with.
22 May 2016, 19:23
Grumulkinquote:
Originally posted by Magnumdood:
I'm reloading for a S&W 500 magnum. I haven't loaded for it for a while. Fortunately (maybe), I have a box of 500 magnum rounds I reloaded, and trying reload again, using a Barnes 275 GR XPB. My seater is a competition seater die with a Micrometer on top to make accurate changes in seating depth w/out having to turn the whole die on way or the other, hoping the correction is enough.
I have been trying longer than I'd like to admit, to simply seat a bullet. I haven't gotten one seated yet. I screwed the Micrometer down as far as it would go.
Roughly I need an OAL of 2.2". The closest the die can come is 2.7". In fact, no matter what I did with the Micrometer adjustments, the OAL stays at 2.7". I took the die apart.
It has the seater, a strong spring, and micrometer top which has the stem that moves the seater. I pushed the seating stem in from the top and it went into the die body and was stopped when a plastic piece on the back of
the seater catches on a ledge/constriction
inside on the die body. Over the last 25 years I've reloaded a hundred thousand rounds and I have never encountered this before. Obviously I'm missing a critical part of the die, or I'm missing something I should do with die.
Help.
Please.
My guess is you're die is by Redding.
As noted above, you don't need a competition seater die for this cartridge. I predict your attempts to adjust COAL by a few thousandths of an inch will accrue no greater accuracy to you.
Try this:
1. Turn the micrometer all the way out; that would be counter clockwise.
2. Back the die out.
3. Put a case in the shell holder and put the ram all the way up.
4. Screw the die in until you meet a little resistance and then back it out 3/4 to 1 turn and lock it in place.
5. Now try to adjust your micrometer until it seats a bullet.
24 May 2016, 23:04
AtkinsonAnother over engineered gimmick, gundome is the testing ground for new products. Gundome gooneys are so fricking anal...They live with SUCKER tattooed on their foreheads...I plead guilty on rare occasions myself!
