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Offline vanbuzen9

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« on: April 21, 2005, 06:24:51 PM »
Hi all,

I was wondering, can the bullet seeting die in a 3-die set be used for both jacketed and lead bullets? Or does one need a seperate die for each style?

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« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2005, 06:41:55 PM »
VB9

It works with both, no problem.

Rick

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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2005, 02:06:22 AM »
RickG is right for the most part, but I have had some seaters damage bullets that had a different profile.  I think it was a wad cutter shaped seater used with jacketed xtp in 44 mag (it would impress a slight ring around the ogive).

If you desire a seater that closely matches the bullet profile you can buy just the seater punch and swap it out in your die.  You do not have to purchase a complete seater die unless you just want to keep from changing out the seater rod.

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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2005, 05:29:09 AM »
If you own RCBS and you can't find them locally you can order different seater profiles from Huntington.

http://www.huntingtons.com
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