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**Mal H** · November 28, 2002, 03:01 PM

If you have a dial caliper, you can check the seating depth by using the depth checking end of it. Set the end base tightly against the case head and dial out the stick until it just touches the primer. Check several cartridges and see if you find a variance of several thousandths in some of them.

November 28, 2002, 03:01 PM	#16
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,947	If you have a dial caliper, you can check the seating depth by using the depth checking end of it. Set the end base tightly against the case head and dial out the stick until it just touches the primer. Check several cartridges and see if you find a variance of several thousandths in some of them.