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Old May 19, 2017, 08:35 PM   #17
condor bravo
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Keep trying with the bullets and die, don't let them be the winner. Back to the COAL, the 1.275 is for jacketed round nose hardball bullets so ignore that one. The 1.155 is what is indicated for the bullets that we think you have. In my first post I mentioned 1.175 that Lyman shows for a 185 jacketed hollow point. Use the length that appears proper and of course functions properly through the gun. It is not absolutely necessary that the length conform to the exact thousands of the lengths that are mentioned. Perhaps be guided somewhat by the length of your original 185 loadings.

For the seating die, as mentioned above, you should be able to screw the seating stem down enough to seat any bullet. One other thing about the seating die, assuming you are flaring the case to ease bullet seating, the seating die may be capable of applying just enough crimp to flatten out the flare in the form of a taper crimp. Do not crimp into the bullet. That adjustment would be done by screwing the die body down to the point where the flare is removed and of course would have to be coordinated with the seating stem to maintain proper length while at the same time removing the flare.
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Ouch, the dreaded "M-1 thumb", you just know it will happen eventually, so why not do it now and get it over with??

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