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Kawabuggy · September 9, 2010, 02:09 PM

Let me throw something out there that no one has mentioned yet---HOW MUCH POWDER IN THE CASE! He mentions that his seater is leaving marks in the bullet where it contacts the ogive of the bullet, and yet he is not getting the COAL that he is after. Could it be he is compressing the powder, pushing the bullet all the way down, but when the releases the pressure from the press, the bullet is popping back up????

Just a thought.

At this point, I would try and seat a bullet on a case with no powder just for grins.

September 9, 2010, 02:09 PM	#16
Kawabuggy Senior Member Join Date: April 25, 2008 Posts: 224	Let me throw something out there that no one has mentioned yet---HOW MUCH POWDER IN THE CASE! He mentions that his seater is leaving marks in the bullet where it contacts the ogive of the bullet, and yet he is not getting the COAL that he is after. Could it be he is compressing the powder, pushing the bullet all the way down, but when the releases the pressure from the press, the bullet is popping back up???? Just a thought. At this point, I would try and seat a bullet on a case with no powder just for grins.