tkcomer
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Having a little trouble seating some cast bullets in 30-30. I'm using sized and chamfered Winchester or Remington brass. The bullets are Laser Cast 170gr bullets that the box says are sized to .310. These are a gas check design, but I'm told no gas checks are needed at the low power loads I'm using, which is 8.8grs of Unique. I'm also using the Lee Turret press with the 30-30 deluxe dies. The trouble I'm having is when I seat a bullet, I'm shaving some lead off most of the bullets I seat. I don't crimp with the seater die. I use the factory crimp die with this setup. Is it normal to shave a little lead off of rifle bullets? I've loaded a lot of cast in pistols, but that brass gets belled to help seat them. This is my first attempt with cast in rifle rounds. On a side note, I did shoot 5 loads through my Winchester 94 a short while ago as a test. What a pleasant load! These will be great for plinking if I get things going. Any help would be appreciated.