Seating Die Marks on your Bullet?

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Komentáře • 147

  • @MegaPoxie
    @MegaPoxie Před 2 lety +15

    I used to use the lube pad to apply a smear of lube to the inside of the neck of the case and then I tried dipping the neck into graphite-coated ceramic spheres, no sticky lube touching the powder and it's an oilless alternative. It seems to me to give more consistent bullet tension, very easy to use and no mess, "Imperial" makes it. Yet again, great infomation! Cheers.

  • @stevewhite4392
    @stevewhite4392 Před 2 lety +6

    I put a little JB Weld in the stem and use a waxed bullet to make a custom fit. Works great to prevent marks...my .223 seater really has issues with the long ELD bullets.

    • @markandsamafterwork
      @markandsamafterwork  Před 2 lety +2

      Cheers Steve, yeh that would work to, thanks man, cheers

    • @gilream
      @gilream Před 2 lety +2

      That is a very novel idea Steve White. Makes really good sense.

    • @rosswitte
      @rosswitte Před měsícem

      I was thinking a plastic cap or piece of leather. Nice!

  • @ljsadventures8879
    @ljsadventures8879 Před 2 lety +2

    As always, great information! Thanks Mark and Sam 🤙

  • @westtexas3041
    @westtexas3041 Před 2 lety +1

    Great in depth information. Thank you Mark.

  • @DenverLoveless
    @DenverLoveless Před 2 lety +3

    Thanks once again. I had just accepted "the mark" as part of life. I'll try some of your tips and see what happens.

  • @scottrussell6717
    @scottrussell6717 Před 2 lety +8

    Have reloaded for 25 years.... years ago I shot long range.. now that I am really old the ring doesn't matter because I just mainly hunt

  • @fwod1867
    @fwod1867 Před 2 lety +4

    Some seating stamps have sharp edges. Smooth polishing helps. Sometimes changing the seating stamps helps. Brass prep brings the most, as Mark said.

  • @aussiesteveakastevecallagh2280

    Great stuff Mark as usual thanks for the info , Steve .

  • @Tikka300-
    @Tikka300- Před 2 lety +1

    Great advice as always mate thanks Mark👍

  • @mattfleming86
    @mattfleming86 Před 2 lety +3

    For readers: use a long drop tube or vibratory settling techniques when using loads with compressed powder. This can give you some buffer to avoid deformation when working with compressed loads.

  • @wolverinekut
    @wolverinekut Před 2 lety

    Thank you Sir! Very helpful 👍👍💯

  • @roryrohrer7640
    @roryrohrer7640 Před 2 lety +3

    Fabulous information, I started to get light witness marks on my 308 and 6.5 creedmoor loads but the groups seemed more consistent so I just went with it. I didn't notice anything in my data being different, so I just see it as a gauge that my neck tention is consistent

    • @markandsamafterwork
      @markandsamafterwork  Před 2 lety +1

      Well, reasons are all explained, but if your happy with your result, go with it, Cheers

    • @drd1924
      @drd1924 Před rokem

      Light witness marks aren't so much a big deal unless it begins to deform the jacket.
      I have found certain seating stems have a very evident transition right in the Ogive at the point where it puts pressure on the bullet to seat it into the case neck....
      As opposed to a stem which sort of smoothly transistions the inside radius and matches the shape of the ogive.
      The closer you can match the shape of the ogive offers the most surface area to seat the bullet as opposed to one single sharp edge pushing down on the bullet.
      Some stems I have spun in the lathe or even a drill and sanded away the sharp edge inside the stem which helps.
      Other guys I have read actually put some epoxy inside the stem then insert their bullet into the stem so that the inside of the stem matches the shape of the bullet to alleviate any single portion denting the bullet.
      Anneal your brass about every 3rd reloading also helps achieve consistent neck tension to prevent jacket deformation.

  • @dbkonkle
    @dbkonkle Před 2 lety +2

    If you take a projectile and wrap a small piece of fine sandpaper or emery cloth around it where the rings form, you can easily take the sharp edge off by inserting it in the seating stem and twisting gently. Follow up with a little polishing compound on a thin cloth on the tip of a projectile to clean up the sanding marks.

  • @phil20_20
    @phil20_20 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks! Now I can tell people I was going for consistency!

  • @stefantrischuk3480
    @stefantrischuk3480 Před 2 lety

    Very interesting. Thanks for making this video

  • @drakkondarkblood6638
    @drakkondarkblood6638 Před 2 lety

    Also found when I switched to VLD projectiles that I was getting those marks. Redding made a seating pin for VLDs, so got one and put that in my seating die and this fixed my marks. Most newer dies probably come with VLD ones, but if it's an old die could check to see if you can get a seating pin designed for VLDs. I use it on all my projectiles and don't have a problem.

  • @Hellvoisin
    @Hellvoisin Před 2 lety

    I put valve lapping compound on the bullet and spin it in the seater to ''shape'' the seater. I don't ''wipe'' down the Hornady Atip lube with the supplied cloth and use it as a seating lube....Great info..Cheers

  • @shanegibb997
    @shanegibb997 Před 2 lety +3

    Well explained Mark , as soon as you start talking " i start listening "..

  • @oddursigurdsson3046
    @oddursigurdsson3046 Před 2 lety

    Great info, thanks for sharing :)

  • @GRT1865
    @GRT1865 Před 2 lety

    There you go making me think again. HAHAHA.
    As always thank you for the insight.
    Stay safe. Take care. Have fun. 😎

  • @chrismiller6792
    @chrismiller6792 Před 2 lety

    I used some 1000grit wet and dry sandpaper and with WD-40 glued the paper to a ELDM 168g projectile gleued that to a little rod and just lightly cleaned up the edge on my hornady DIE ;-) . That fixed it for me . Probably not best practice lol 😂 but worked for me .
    Great 😊 video mark

  • @trickymick6229
    @trickymick6229 Před 2 lety

    I’ve found that a simple fix is a felt bob on a die grinder with a gentle abrasive putts a very small radius on the seating stem. Eliminating the ring on the bullet. Use caution! Tip needs to be smaller than bullet diameter. Choose a bob that looks like a cone. Just a kiss. Well that’s how I overcame the problem. Party on cheers from the US. Thanks for the video

  • @Rattletrap-xs8il
    @Rattletrap-xs8il Před 2 lety

    I machine generic seating dies that have an oversize cavity. Then fill the cavity with hot-melt glue used for holding nocks and tips in arrow shafts. Then I bring the seating die down onto the bullet I'm using (with mod release on it). The glue perfectly molds to the shape of the bullet. I shave off any excess glue. I do this on my resizer also (makes a bigger difference on lead). Anyway, love the channel and thanks for the tips.

  • @Jeff_Seely
    @Jeff_Seely Před rokem +2

    Wonderful Mark! I, an admitted neophyte to reloading, recently obsessed about the very faint ring on my rifle bullet. I scoured the forums and the more I read about the subject, the more I felt that I needed a resolution. I am almost embarrassed about the money I spent on different stems and other "remedies". Nothing fixed the issue. More recently I was reloading and I thought, " wait a minute. The barrel cuts and distorts around .008in gouges into the bullet after firing, and what am I trying to get rid of? .0001in faint rings. Why"? Well, I have not noticed a verified change in my groups either way. I wished I'd thought to check your channel and see your perspective. I would have paused on all of this ring trouble. Thank you for covering the topic.

  • @johannesvanhoek9080
    @johannesvanhoek9080 Před 2 lety

    Knowledge is power 👍

  • @amirdzaferovic3489
    @amirdzaferovic3489 Před 2 lety

    Great Video!

  • @sandybartlett1333
    @sandybartlett1333 Před 5 měsíci

    As usuall a super great video.

  • @scottbarrett4753
    @scottbarrett4753 Před 2 lety

    Nice. Thanks.

  • @johncburks4392
    @johncburks4392 Před 2 lety

    Hey Mark, what I do is clean out the mouth of the casings before I run them through my sizer die. It helps out a lot along those lines.

    • @markandsamafterwork
      @markandsamafterwork  Před 2 lety

      Some leave the slight carbon there as to act a a lube too, lots of ways to skin that cat, Cheers

  • @bobbygreen2291
    @bobbygreen2291 Před 2 lety

    You are right again , if a guy has marks on his bullets , he definitely needs to change something,,seating stem , or case neck chamfer angle , or dies if he needs to but definitely something

  • @frankbodenschatz173
    @frankbodenschatz173 Před 10 měsíci

    Thanks Mark!

  • @bryanohalloran9001
    @bryanohalloran9001 Před 2 lety +1

    On the odd occasion I have rubbed the base of the projectile in my hair, as it picks up the tiniest amount of body oil and helps the initial part of the seating process

  • @borisj4054
    @borisj4054 Před 2 lety

    I got impressions from the seating die on the Hornady 225 EDLs. Managed to reprofile the bullet seat geometry with a carbide die grinding cutter. All good now. Pity Hornady do not include appropriate bullet seats in their kits to suit their projectiles.

    • @markandsamafterwork
      @markandsamafterwork  Před 2 lety

      Cheers

    • @D70340
      @D70340 Před 2 lety

      Well not everybody is shooting ELD bullets. So why would Hornady just throw away more cost into their dies for something the majority does not use.
      At least Hornady gives you the option to buy the right seater plug for the ELD`s. And its NOT expensive.

  • @Antares2358
    @Antares2358 Před 2 lety +2

    Sand the inside of your seating stem, this will reduce this marking, which is common on ELD projectiles.

  • @DanielBoone337
    @DanielBoone337 Před 2 lety +1

    What I've found to get around marking up the bullets was something I learned off the JRB channel... The Hornady custom bullets seating die with the different seating stems. You tend to be able to find a good fitting stem that even with really compressed loads you don't mark up the bullets at all or get just little scuffs but no deformation... Great video as always keepem coming brother!!!

    • @DanielBoone337
      @DanielBoone337 Před 2 lety +1

      Well I should've watched a few more mins because you basically said the same thing.... LOL

    • @markandsamafterwork
      @markandsamafterwork  Před 2 lety +1

      Lol, Cheers Dan thanks

  • @rosswitte
    @rosswitte Před 19 dny

    I got 99% of problem solved by attaching a heavy duty cotton swab to my power drill and adding FLITZ to the swab. I then spun it around for a minute or so in the die seating stem. I will repeat this again to see about getting the 1% out. I also ordered another brand seating stem to see if that makes a difference. If that doesn't work, I will make a cast of the bullet profile in the seating stem using JBWeld like stevewhite suggested below.

  • @akunclebull
    @akunclebull Před 2 lety +1

    Just a thought from an old shooter. In addition to the great info from this video, I was having the same problem and solved it by lubing my bullet of choice, adding hot glue to the seating cone and place the bullet in the hot glue, waiting for it to cool. The lubed bullet came out of seating easily. Custom fit after a bit of clean up.

  • @nicsu2128
    @nicsu2128 Před 11 měsíci

    Mandrels are better than expander balls because they float allowing for better concentricity. Expander balls can work the shoulder with pushing and pulling. You can get a mandrel for about $25 for the exact diameter you want the ID of the case to have. The biggest problem reloaded face is consistent neck tension. Mandrels are the way to go, especially if coupled with a bushing resizing die.

  • @chadstevenson4938
    @chadstevenson4938 Před rokem

    Use powder granite on the base of the bullet. Granite is used to coat the powder, to help with the powder flow through the scale, trickler.

  • @ianmcminn8127
    @ianmcminn8127 Před 7 měsíci

    Thx Mark. Wouldn’t a little dip into dry lube be the perfect solution.
    I have an excellent dry lube application pot I use just for neck resizing on the once fired Lapua cases that haven’t shown enough growth to FL resize.
    I think it’s made by Sinclair.

  • @skinnypedaldown5044
    @skinnypedaldown5044 Před 8 měsíci

    Anneal the brass! Then do the steps you subscribe. Great video. Great points.

  • @brettcleveland6335
    @brettcleveland6335 Před 2 lety

    Have you tried graphite powder in the necks? I dip necks in powder then use a separate expander as you said. It's very cheap to buy from engineering supply. Gives very low SD.

    • @markandsamafterwork
      @markandsamafterwork  Před 2 lety +1

      Yes that will work also, other bullet coatings can also help, this is just a little help for those they need it, Cheers

  • @rockspringswoodturner4502
    @rockspringswoodturner4502 Před 9 měsíci

    Start with polishing the bullet seating cup with a fine compound.

  • @user-xb4qp5fy1n
    @user-xb4qp5fy1n Před 2 lety

    One of the fclass guys I follow uses graphite dry neck lube prior to seating and I don’t think it interferes with powder. Have you given just that a try and found it to be lacking compared to the standard lube? Love the videos and all the information you bestow on us! Thank you!

  • @nicsu2128
    @nicsu2128 Před 11 měsíci

    The problem I have with these witness marks is inconsistent seating depth. I get a .005” dent in the bullet, that’s a bullet sitting .005” further out of the case than the rest of them. For semi auto I don’t want to lube the neck or bullet for it to slip in the case easier, because it can cause it to be easier moved by the violent action. I remove the stem and put it in a vice and use the bullet I will be loading with some lapping compound to match the stem to the bullet.

  • @sandych33ks1
    @sandych33ks1 Před 2 lety

    I hope you continue testing the 22-250 shooting the 88 and 90 grain pills with that faster twist rate. Im in the process of do8ng the same.

  • @robcullen9984
    @robcullen9984 Před 2 lety

    Hi Mark
    I have just done some random rounds for 300 PRC with weights from 178 ,210, 220g for new gun break in and initial sight in, i got lapua brass coz thats pretty much all i could get , i loaded 20 rounds of 5 different bullets and insert pressure was consistent to me ,question is , lapua being supposedly the ducks nut in brass- would that be a decent guide to feel / pressure required to insert the bullet into a factory sized cartridge to compare against handloads after renecking / sizing. hope that makes sense . Relatively new to reloading and have never paid that much attention to this bit, now after watching this i know of more things to look out for
    Cheers
    Rob

    • @markandsamafterwork
      @markandsamafterwork  Před 2 lety +1

      Hi Rob, couldn't say, one batch of brass is not the same as another, but I have never loaded any brass without sizing first, so, as said couldn't say, lol, Cheers

    • @robcullen9984
      @robcullen9984 Před 2 lety

      @@markandsamafterwork Oh Oh, told you i was a newbie, does that mean i should be resizing new brass lol ?

    • @markandsamafterwork
      @markandsamafterwork  Před 2 lety +1

      Maybe get your self a reloading manual and get a little reading on the subject, lol, Cheers

  • @richardharvey1637
    @richardharvey1637 Před 2 lety

    Bit of cutting compound inside stem and use a bullet to polish to a better fit.

  • @peterg1448
    @peterg1448 Před 2 lety

    nice timing i am working through this problem at the moment makes a mess of vmax projectiles with how thin there jackets are, think its the seater is binding seeing as i hbn coat projectiles they should not be sticking the dies have had near on 67000 round through them by now

  • @misterlewgee8874
    @misterlewgee8874 Před 2 lety +2

    Tried Redding Dry lube? With porcelain media? Dip neck in, wipe outside clean.

    • @markandsamafterwork
      @markandsamafterwork  Před 2 lety +1

      Good suggestion, Cheers

    • @misterlewgee8874
      @misterlewgee8874 Před 2 lety +1

      I use it for seating, others use it when sizing neck, in conjunction with lube for case body.
      Note, at first I bought
      Imperial Dry Neck Lube.
      This doesn't have media.
      Then bought
      Imperial application media with dry neck lube.
      I Lee collet neck size, ..it is a dry process. (17rem,222, a little bit of 270win). Usually don't need to bump the shoulder in my case.
      Thanks for the videos..

  • @John-uo1qf
    @John-uo1qf Před 2 lety +3

    How many hours do you have available “after work”? :)

  • @davidhandyman7571
    @davidhandyman7571 Před 2 lety

    Thanks again Mark. I use the Lee Ultimate Die set which includes the Factory Crimp die. Could a smoother bullet seating be achieved by using a slightly bigger ball mandrel and then use the factory crimp die to get the correct and consistent neck tension?

    • @markandsamafterwork
      @markandsamafterwork  Před 2 lety

      Hi Dave, only a basic bit of help, but not gong any deeper, sorry, Cheers

    • @mattfleming86
      @mattfleming86 Před 2 lety

      Due to the numerous factors that can determine "how much" crimp any die supplies (bullet diameter differences, neck thickness, trim length, etc) It is generally advised to avoid crimping in precision rounds. Save that for tube fed guns and magnum revolvers. If your neck sizing is appropriate, you don't even need crimp on semi-auto rifles.

    • @davidhandyman7571
      @davidhandyman7571 Před 2 lety +2

      @@markandsamafterwork Thanks Mark. Much appreciated. I have not had the problem and was just wondering if it might be helpful to others.

    • @davidhandyman7571
      @davidhandyman7571 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mattfleming86 Thanks for the advice Matt. I haven't had any issues that Mark was talking about. It was an enquiry based on curiosity.

  • @FC2ESWS
    @FC2ESWS Před rokem

    Would annealing help ease the tension so you don't get marks?

  • @fredrikottesen1480
    @fredrikottesen1480 Před 2 lety

    Hi Mark, huge fan from Norway here.
    can you give me a suggestion about the "best" 6,5mm caliber for shooting out to 1.000-1500 meters, when i say "best" i put it in these categories, fairly cheap to load, easy to load, and performance.
    i have been looking on these calibers: 6,5PRC, 6,5x47 Lapua, 6,5-284Norma and 260 remington,
    today i have a 22-250rem and a 30.06AI, i wan't a dedicated long range rifle in between the 22-250 and 30.06AI, but it want it to have a little "punch"
    i hope you have time to give me your opinion, love your channel and learning a whole lot from you
    Cheers.

    • @markandsamafterwork
      @markandsamafterwork  Před 2 lety

      Hi Fred, we have videos with lots of info and try to help make sense of things for folks, but sorry, I don't make suggestions or recommendations like that, Cheers

    • @fredrikottesen1480
      @fredrikottesen1480 Před 2 lety +1

      @@markandsamafterwork Okay, i understand that.
      Can you say anything about how you think the PRC is gonna stay in the game for a while or do you think it is more like a flop, since we already got cartridges that does similar performance on the marked? :)

    • @redrock425
      @redrock425 Před rokem

      @@fredrikottesen1480 What did you buy? Looks like 6.5 PRC is here to stay, popular now in the US. I'm looking at a 7mm for long range.

  • @annahonorata990
    @annahonorata990 Před 2 lety

    Mark, I get such marks from putting bullet into hornady comparator and turning it around. But it does not bother me.

  • @dallasnewson6977
    @dallasnewson6977 Před 2 lety

    Happens to when I load 143gr eldx.
    Dosnt do it on any other projectiles I have loaded.

  • @glenpaul3606
    @glenpaul3606 Před 2 lety

    One would think that if that little ring would be beneficial in any way, that the bullet manufacturers would do it in their manufacturing process....

  • @DeeMoback
    @DeeMoback Před 2 lety

    I did know a guy who spun fully loaded and burnished with steel wool ...... I passed on that activity

  • @juliusjames5577
    @juliusjames5577 Před 2 lety

    Does that mark on the bullet negatively affect accuracy? If so, by how much?

  • @tommccormick3622
    @tommccormick3622 Před rokem

    can or does annealing come into play?

  • @darrylpatti5901
    @darrylpatti5901 Před rokem

    I don’t get round marks a round the bullet instead I get 6 straight lines abot 5 mm long down the projectile

  • @patriotarmament7407
    @patriotarmament7407 Před 2 lety

    Sierra bullets have a thin copper jacket and the leave dent rings. Sucks

  • @rosswitte
    @rosswitte Před měsícem

    Anyone try a plastic cap or piece of leather?