Re: Pulling bullets



In article <g1kpq5$e0n$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, haraoi_conal@xxxxxxxxx
wrote:

# On May 28, 1:25 pm, Omelet <ompome...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
# # I reloaded rifle on my own this morning for the first time, (.223) and I
# # ended up seating one bullet a bit too deep. OAL is supposed to be 2.260
# # and I got one that seated at 2.253. Is that enough of a difference to
# # worry about? I ignored one that seated at 2.259 as that should be ok.
# #
# # I'm using 55 grain FMJBT bullets with 25 grains of H335 with a CCI
# # primer.
# #
# # I tried to "pull" it using one of those impact bullet pullers (hammer)
# # but I could not get it to budge.
# #
# tight crimp along with puny 55grain bullet weight means you just have
# to keep rapping gently. All you need to do is slide the bullet out
# enough to reseat. Then just shoot as long as everything else is OK.

Yeah, I did keep re-checking the OAL to see if I'd moved it out
partially. I'd not crimped it yet. I don't crimp with the seating die.
I use the commercial crimp die that comes with the Lee set.
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