Seating die for Berger hybrids? Leaving marks

[TruckMonkey]

My RCBS die is leaving marks around Berger Hybrids when seating. What die or seating stem should I be using?

 

[cmahoney]

I have the VLD stem for my Redding die, no marks on the hybrids.


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[TruckMonkey]

Can I put VLD micrometer from Redding in my RCBS seating die?

 

[Dvidos]

I have the VLD stem for my Redding die, no marks on the hybrids.


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+1

 

[cmahoney]

Can I put VLD micrometer from Redding in my RCBS seating die?

I don’t think so, I would contact RCBS. I think you can get a custom stem from them.


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[TruckMonkey]

Ordered a Forster Ultra that is supposed to work for both VLDs and regular ammo.

 

[Quicksilver]

What’s your neck tension? Only time I’ve ran into marking my bullets was with new Peterson brass with way too much neck tension.

 

[TruckMonkey]

What’s your neck tension? Only time I’ve ran into marking my bullets was with new Peterson brass with way too much neck tension.

I used RCBS full length die so guessing .002

 

[ID_Matt]

Call RCBS and order a VLD seating stem. They will have you send them 3 of the bullets you are using then they will custom fit a stem to that bullet. Is your seating depth consistent? I am guessing the stem is grabbing the bullet too high.

 

[TruckMonkey]

Call RCBS and order a VLD seating stem. They will have you send them 3 of the bullets you are using then they will custom fit a stem to that bullet. Is your seating depth consistent? I am guessing the stem is grabbing the bullet too high.

I seated one bullet and stopped. So I can’t speak to consistency yet.

 

[mvrk28]

Ordered a Forster Ultra that is supposed to work for both VLDs and regular ammo.

That’s a great die, you always send them a few bullets and they will make you a custom stem.

 

[bsnedeker]

This method fixed this issue for me.

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[Quicksilver]

Measure the OD of a piece of brass, then measure OD of a loaded round. Difference will be your neck tension.

 

[Russellw5736]

Definitely VLD seating stem

 

[Justin28345]

Get a Vld stem then polish it using rubbing compound and a projectile.