VLD Bullet Seating, suggestions and a DIY

I just started using Berger 75gr VLDs in my Rem 700 SPS tac with a 1 in 9" twist (yes they group well and stabilize in that "slow" of a twist) but I was getting a ring around the nose of the bullets where they contacted the bullet seating shank in my Hornady seating die and they also jammed a bit. Frustrated, I went to Sinclair and almost ordered a comp seating die with a special VLD seating shank when I decided to redneck engineer something to see if it would work. I chucked the shank from the Hornady die into my drill and grabbed a spear pointed wood drill bit and slowly removed some material. I increased the angle of the cone that seats the bullet and then I used some white diamond polishing compound to smooth and polish it. I charged the first case and dialed in the seating depth and tried it out. No marking or jamming at all. I saved myself about $120 in a die and a shank. I haven't been able to see how consistent it seats because my shop is at my parents ranch and I had to leave before I could load up and measure a few, but I am headed there now to tinker around with it.

All that being said, anyone else have a quick fix for seating VLD bullets in standard dies?

Redding makes a seating plug for their dies specifically for VLD bullets. Load Berger VLD's for several calibers and the VLD seating plugs work well. Don't know if they will fit Hornady dies.

Redding makes a seating plug for their dies specifically for VLD bullets

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/630929/redding-vld-bullet-seating-micrometer-9183-223-remington-22-250-remington-220-swift

I bought the standard one (http://www.midwayusa.com/product/712388/redding-bullet-seating-micrometer-9083-223-remington-22-250-remington-220-swift) for .223, and it works well. I like to be able to dial back and forth for different bullets. It left a light mark on the bullets, as their seater stems ten to do, but I polished the inside edge of the stem and it leaves no mark now.

I'll check to see if they will fit a Hornady die.

Nope, won't work.

I suspect you could chuck up the Hornady stem in a drill press or lathe, slightly modify the entrance and polish to get rid of the mark on the bullets. Perhaps not. I do not shoot any VLD bullets, so am unfamiliar with seating them.

I have been using my RCBS die without any problems