Plastic tipped bullets

jj320 · January 31, 2013, 03:02 PM

I have never loaded plastic tipped bullets before do you need any special seating die so you dont smash the tip

FrankenMauser · January 31, 2013, 03:43 PM

That depends on the particular bullet, seating die, and cartridge in question.

But, generally - No, you don't.

**Brian Pfleuger** · January 31, 2013, 04:12 PM

Generally not, though I drill out the seating plugs on a lot of my dies so they touch much closer to the ogive rather than the tip. I've not had a stock die damage the plastic tip, except on a Lee die and .204Ruger seater, because it had a sharp edge that I had to sand down.

wogpotter · January 31, 2013, 05:57 PM

I've never had a problem with several brands of dies & makes of polymer tipped bullets.

LarryFlew · January 31, 2013, 06:53 PM

do poly in several calibers without a problem

jj320 · February 1, 2013, 12:23 AM

Thanks every one for the answer wanted to try the varmagedon by nosler

January 31, 2013, 03:02 PM	#1
jj320 Member Join Date: January 7, 2013 Location: hobart,in Posts: 82	Plastic tipped bullets I have never loaded plastic tipped bullets before do you need any special seating die so you dont smash the tip

January 31, 2013, 03:43 PM	#2
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 26, 2008 Location: 1B ID Posts: 5,399	That depends on the particular bullet, seating die, and cartridge in question. But, generally - No, you don't. __________________ "Such is the strange way that man works -- first he virtually destroys a species and then does everything in his power to restore it." Last edited by FrankenMauser; January 31, 2013 at 03:52 PM.

January 31, 2013, 04:12 PM	#3
Brian Pfleuger Staff Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Central, Southern NY, USA Posts: 14,516	Generally not, though I drill out the seating plugs on a lot of my dies so they touch much closer to the ogive rather than the tip. I've not had a stock die damage the plastic tip, except on a Lee die and .204Ruger seater, because it had a sharp edge that I had to sand down. __________________ Still happily answering to the call-sign Peetza. --- You do not HAVE a soul. You ARE a soul. You HAVE a body. -C.S. Lewis He is no fool who gives what he can not keep to gain what he can not lose. -Jim Eliott, paraphrasing Philip Henry.

January 31, 2013, 05:57 PM	#4
wogpotter Senior Member Join Date: September 27, 2004 Posts: 2,063	I've never had a problem with several brands of dies & makes of polymer tipped bullets. __________________ Allan Quartermain: “Automatic rifles. Who in God's name has automatic rifles”? Elderly Hunter: “That's dashed unsporting. Probably Belgium.”

January 31, 2013, 06:53 PM	#5
LarryFlew Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2009 Location: Minnesota CZ fan Posts: 818	do poly in several calibers without a problem

February 1, 2013, 12:23 AM	#6
jj320 Member Join Date: January 7, 2013 Location: hobart,in Posts: 82	Thanks every one for the answer wanted to try the varmagedon by nosler