question about bullet seating die

87mustang · April 10, 2010, 09:54 AM

i use an RCBS competition bullet seating die for 22-250. i am using an extended shell holder that came with the die.

here's my question.

is it ok to set this die up so that the top of the ram touches the bottom of the die? the extended shell holder goes up through the die so the flat top of the ram touches the flat bottom of the seating die.

this method seems to me to be more exact when seating bullets as opposed to letting the press go through it's whole motion and not stopping at a definite point. when i seat bullets i do everything very slow so i am not slamming the ram up to the bottom of the die, just touching it.

jaguarxk120 · April 10, 2010, 10:17 AM

Why not call RCBS and ask them? They have a help line and they made the die, anyone here will just give a opinion as how to operate the die.

mrawesome22 · April 10, 2010, 12:08 PM

You shouldn't need an extended shell holder.

87mustang · April 11, 2010, 09:54 AM

using an extended shell holder makes one less part that is between the ram and the die. whether i use an extended shell holder or not doesn't matter. does the ram touching the bottom of the die cause any problems is the question i have.

rwilson452 · April 11, 2010, 10:16 AM

No, I do it that way.

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does the ram touching the bottom of the die cause any problems is the question i have.

April 10, 2010, 09:54 AM	#1
87mustang Member Join Date: March 29, 2009 Posts: 91	question about bullet seating die i use an RCBS competition bullet seating die for 22-250. i am using an extended shell holder that came with the die. here's my question. is it ok to set this die up so that the top of the ram touches the bottom of the die? the extended shell holder goes up through the die so the flat top of the ram touches the flat bottom of the seating die. this method seems to me to be more exact when seating bullets as opposed to letting the press go through it's whole motion and not stopping at a definite point. when i seat bullets i do everything very slow so i am not slamming the ram up to the bottom of the die, just touching it.

April 10, 2010, 10:17 AM	#2
jaguarxk120 Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,620	Why not call RCBS and ask them? They have a help line and they made the die, anyone here will just give a opinion as how to operate the die.

April 10, 2010, 12:08 PM	#3
mrawesome22 Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2005 Location: Ohio, Appalachia's foothills. Posts: 3,779	You shouldn't need an extended shell holder.

April 11, 2010, 09:54 AM	#4
87mustang Member Join Date: March 29, 2009 Posts: 91	using an extended shell holder makes one less part that is between the ram and the die. whether i use an extended shell holder or not doesn't matter. does the ram touching the bottom of the die cause any problems is the question i have.