markr6754
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I've been using the Frankford Arsenal Universal Seating Die for a while...300 BLK, 223 Rem, and 224 Valkyrie have been a breeze to load. Last night was my first attempt at 6mm ARC after receiving 4 boxes of Hornady 87gr VMax bullets yesterday afternoon. Setting this die up couldn't be easier, merely swapping out the .308 alignment sleeve with the .243 sleeve.
Stuck the first bullet and shaved a nice notch just below the polymer tip. Somehow, the bullet completely missed the seating stem, which then cut the beautiful sliver into the bullet. I supposed that I'd gotten something misaligned on reassembly...but alas, no. The alignment sleeve just refused to align these bullets. It was not much fun seating the 20 rounds I assembled, fiddling and fumbling to get that polymer tip to align in the seating stem.
A quick phone call today to Frankford Arsenal Customer Support, a brief explanation of the problem, and a new .243 alignment sleeve will be arriving soon. This industry has awesome customer service. None of this, "Where did you buy it? When did you buy it? Did you turn it off and back on again?" The only questions asked were "Have you used any other sleeves, and did they work? Are you having trouble with any others? Are you the Mark at....address?
Stuck the first bullet and shaved a nice notch just below the polymer tip. Somehow, the bullet completely missed the seating stem, which then cut the beautiful sliver into the bullet. I supposed that I'd gotten something misaligned on reassembly...but alas, no. The alignment sleeve just refused to align these bullets. It was not much fun seating the 20 rounds I assembled, fiddling and fumbling to get that polymer tip to align in the seating stem.
A quick phone call today to Frankford Arsenal Customer Support, a brief explanation of the problem, and a new .243 alignment sleeve will be arriving soon. This industry has awesome customer service. None of this, "Where did you buy it? When did you buy it? Did you turn it off and back on again?" The only questions asked were "Have you used any other sleeves, and did they work? Are you having trouble with any others? Are you the Mark at....address?