Rings on tmks

[TradLife406]

When I seat my 77 tmks with my el cheapo Hornady die for the 22 creed I get a ring mark on the jacket.
I tried the eldm and the standard stem. Is this normal? They still shoot amazing just wondering if there's something I'm doing wrong.

I saw somewhere a guy said it happens with compressed loads. Which mine definitely are. But it's the only powder and charge my gun likes.

Thanks fam

 

[waspocrew]

How much of a ring are we talking? I get that on certain projectiles and haven’t given it any thought (or at least I haven’t seen any issues on target).

 

[Caseknife]

I get that a lot, but haven't worried about it at all. Chuck a bullet in a drill, coat with lapping compound and insert into the seater stem and polish off the sharp edge and contour the stem to the specific bullet.

 

[mtnbound]

When I seat my 77 tmks with my el cheapo Hornady die for the 22 creed I get a ring mark on the jacket.
I tried the eldm and the standard stem. Is this normal? They still shoot amazing just wondering if there's something I'm doing wrong.

I saw somewhere a guy said it happens with compressed loads. Which mine definitely are. But it's the only powder and charge my gun likes.

Thanks fam

After I had seen those for myself, I started doing a few more turns with my chamfer tool and made sure I got them sprayed with One-shot and since then I can’t see the marks anymore.