Hornady seating die question

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Anyone here happen to know which profile seating stem the Hornady 6.5 CM Custom Grade die set (#546289) ships with?

They sell two seating stems individually (#397106 and #397130) that cover 130-147gr slugs -- just not sure which might be a duplicate and I need a few $ to make freight on a BF deal.
 
I don't have mine in front of me, but it came with two stems in the box. One was marked, the other unmarked. I can get the one P/N in a day or two if nobody else knows.

I did have to buy the 397130 stem for 143 ELD-X and 147 ELD-M separate. It also seems to fit my 140 Bergers the best. It's a necessary buy IMO.

Edit: I'm pretty sure the 397106 stem came with my set.
 
I'm not positive, but if it's anything like my 243 and 7-08 hornady die sets, the stem that's included is the "NON-VLD" one, ie 397106 which is for 130-140 grain bullets. 397130 seems to he the "VLD" version, since it is described as being for 143-147 grain bullets.
 
Thanks -- super helpful. I was concerned there might be an 'even-less VLD' default part for stuff like 120s.
 
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