Just found this interesting and thought I would share some pics. I have been reloading some 221 fireball rounds and was playing around with the seating depth. In this pic, the green tipped bullet is a Remington factory load with the 50 grain bullet. The bullet on the left is a Calhoon 37 gr. The two red tipped are v-max's, 40 gr. The Calhoon and the left v-max are both seated .005 short of the lands. The right v-max is seated .030 short. Even looking at it, I can't believe the Remington is seated that deeply!
And just for fun, here is the results of the seating depth experiment with the V-max's. I loaded up 3 rounds each, at depths of .005, .010, .015, .020, and .030 off the lands. You can see each group labeled just above the targets. Thoroughly cleaned the barrel, followed by two fouling shots. Groups were then shot with about 1 minute between each shot, at 100 yards. It was even a little gusty out today. For reference, the
inside edge of the black square measures exactly 1/2" (.500). Groups are as follows, left to right and top to bottom: 7/16 (.437), 9/16 (.562), 7/8 (.875), 1/2 (.500), and last: 1-5/16 (1.312).
