Bullet seating questions

[Ronin75]

Last week I was seating bullets for my 280ai. When I noticed the shoulder of the case push down. When I tried pulling the bullets to save the powder I could not remove the bullets from the case. What did I do wrong. Bullets are barnes lrx, seating die is redding. Any help wud be appreciated.

[Flyron]

Try checking out this reloading forum: http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/a.../t-878693.html

[racinjason233]

trim to length??

[bigdawg86]

Probably inadvertent over crimp? Put brass (no bullet) in press, run to top of stroke, screw in die until touches the case, then back out 1/2 -3/4 turns. Then adjust bullet seater until depth of your liking. That way there is no crimp applied when you seat the bullet.

[Ronin75]

Thks for the info guys

[Divernhunter]

bigdawg86---This man has it correct
Also with the Barnes seat them deep. They like lots of bullet jump. Start with the top relief groove just showing.

There is no need to crimp them since you are not shooting them out of a machine gun. If so then crimp bullets and primer pockets for most reliability.