Stoney Point

[John R.]

If you haven't used the Stoney Point gage you need to. I did it for years the old way and it's a pain in the butt when loading many different bullet types. When used with a Sinclair bullet comparator you can set the bullet an exact amount off the lands. When using magic markers, lipstick etc. you are just guessing. I also use a Redding micrometer seating die on all my precision ammo. If I want .020 deeper I just dial it in.

[PaulS]

Then again, if we don't seat the bullets any deeper into the bore than the load manual uses for their data we don't need the Stoney point gage. I have no problem with accuracy even though I seat bullets to the listed over-all length. I know some people feel a need to seat the bullet .020 inches or less off the lands but in my 3006 yo cant do that unless you are shooting 220 RN bullets. There is just too much freebore or erosion. Either way it is accurate enough for 1/2 MOA groups.

[tvc15]

That was one of my first additions after purchasing my original stuff.  TVC15