For those who seat and crimp with seperate dies

[fguffey]

So, we have a cartridge with fifty pounds of seating force, and one with one hundred. How do we fix the one with too much? How would we fix one with too little?

I made a post in seating bullets, I seated bullets in a 7MM57 that exceeded the ability of all my bullet pullers, I did remove 2 but in the effort I rendered the bullets scrap. And then the post disappeared. I included the story about the biggest dear taken in Alabama; there were 4, three were taken by one shooter with a 7MM57. It is difficult to compete for attention, I have no reason to out-do anyone. And I added a short paragraph on increasing bullet hold.

F. Guffey

 

[Demi-human]

I made a post in seating bullets, I seated bullets in a 7MM57 that exceeded the ability of all my bullet pullers, I did remove 2 but in the effort I rendered the bullets scrap. And then the post disappeared. I included the story about the biggest dear taken in Alabama; there were 4, three were taken by one shooter with a 7MM57. It is difficult to compete for attention, I have no reason to out-do anyone. And I added a short paragraph on increasing bullet hold.

F. Guffey

That’s nice.

Now, how do I fix a neck that shows too much tension, or at least a different tension then the others? How do I increase the bullet hold?

 

[fguffey]

Now, how do I fix a neck that shows too much tension, or at least a different tension then the others? How do I increase the bullet hold?

Purchase a tension gage and then try to measure tension with it.

There no such thing as too much bullet hold, I like the number 45 pounds, to get above 45 pounds a reloader has to know what he is doing.

F. Guffey

 

[Demi-human]

to get above 45 pounds a reloader has to know what he is doing.

And a handloader could do that by...

I thought you said there weren’t any tension gauges?

 

[fguffey]

I thought you said there weren’t any tension gauges?

I said I have a tension gage, and then I said my tension gage did not measure tension, I said my tension gage was marked off in pounds, I said there was no conversion for tensions to pounds. I said there is a hydraulic bullet seating press. I said if they could find a gage that measured tensions they would have used it on the press; instead they used a gage that measures in pounds with no way to measure tensions.

I have deviation gages, they are marked off in thousandths and in pounds; there are a few users of the tool that call the tool a tension gage. No matter what when they finish using the tool the results is in pounds.

I understand it is cool to use tensions, it is a lazy way; interference fit, crush fit, a lot of tension, just enough tension to hold the bullet long enough to chamber the round and then there is the king Kong fit.

I use the pound fit, occasionally I see read where a reloaders has started using grip as in bullet grip, I am sure if I had a bullet grip gage it would be marked off in pounds. It would sound so awkward to use bullet grip in pounds.

F. Guffey

 

[Soonerpesek]

So, we have a cartridge with fifty pounds of seating force, and one with one hundred. How do we fix the one with too much? How would we fix one with too little?

Now, how do I fix a neck that shows too much tension, or at least a different tension then the others? How do I increase the bullet hold?

And a handloader could do that by...

 

[Soonerpesek]

I, also, would be interested in hearing the answer ……..If there is one...^^^^