Bullet design doesn't fit seating stem

[waco]

What is an easy fix for this? Mostly just cosmetic but it bugs me. Call RCBS? Can I modify it?

 

[RBHarter]

Change to a round nose or wad cutter seating stem .

 

[Will]

I have ground down a seating and also used epoxy to make a flat seating stem.

 

[quicksylver]

I have but a piece of cardboard/paper over the nose when seating then trimed it.
worked fine.

It just makes the stem shallower so it does not contact the bullets in that area.

JB weld was a favorite for curing that for a while amongst casters and reloaders.

 

[Brad]

Try some JB weld, it has a reputation for fixing that quite well.

I too hate that ring. Bugs me to no end.

 

[quicksylver]

Ha ! there is your answer JB Weld.

I got that with almost all of NOE's top punches, but fortunately they are made of relatively soft Al. and I was able to take my jack knife and relieve the edges,
all is well now.

 

[Brad]

You can also just whip up a new one in the lathe. I did that for my 300 BLK, I grew weary of the little ring.
For some reason the manufacturers like to leave a sharp edge somewhere in the searing stem.

 

[freebullet]

To much neck tension?

I guess if the crimp comes on to soon that would also exacerbate the condition.

If yer woman hears about giving rings to boolits ya could be in the dog house.

 

[fiver]

dig around in your old pile of rcbs seating stems and find a flat one and put it in there.
barring that a wad of aluminum foil will fill in that rounded portion.
but that's ugly.
I think your stem has a poor finish on it, I'd lock a couple of nuts together on the stem and spin it in my drill and use some crocus cloth wrapped around a pencils eraser to clean that up.

 

[waco]

Great advice! Thanks guys.

 

[waco]

A little JB Weld should work! This bullet has a pretty big flat on the nose. This should work well. Thanks guys!!

 

[Chris Sparkman]

Yep, good solution. I ended up grinding one flat last week so I could load my new 480 ammo.

 

[9.3X62AL]

Not certain if he still has them available, but at one time Buckshot made hollowed-out seating stems that could be filled with 2-part epoxy and then nest a bullet coated with release agent in your sizer.

Long ago I ground off the ridge on my 38/357 wadcutter seating stem to make a true flat engagement surface. Marred bullet noses REALLY annoy me.

 

[waco]

The JB weld worked great! Thanks guys.