Black Prince
09-06-2007, 11:00 AM
Does breech seating the bullet improve anything as far as accuracy goes and have any of you boys tried it? Somewhere I read that you can make a breech seater by drilling out the end of a cartridge case and inserting a "rod" through the hole that is the exact length to seat the bullet into the breech at whatever depth you want to. I assume that once the "rod" is flush with the base of the case that is what stops the bullet from being driven in any more and thus determines the seating depth for any particular bullet. Is the "rod" made of brass or some particular metal or does it matter since it will be contained inside the cartridge case? What prevents the "rod" from deforming the bullet base? Does the diameter of the rod matter? It would seem to me the larger the rod diameter, the less 'play" there would be and maybe less bullet base deformation. How far is typical, or is there a "typical" breech seating depth? I've seen the figure 1/8 inch talked about.
Do any of you boys know how to do this and if so, please set me straight on how to accomplish this in a 40-65. Then tell me the loading procedure once the bullet is breech seated. I assume that the case is loaded and the wad is seated so that when the case is closed up in the action, the powder column is snug against the bullet base as it would be in any normal cartridge.
I've never done any breech seating but would like to try it. If any of yawl know how to make a breech seater and know how to do this, it shore would help me a lot if you'd explain it or post photo's if you have'm cause all I know is what I've been able to read and it ain't exactly clear to me how it all works. In fact, I ain't clear on why this is better than the normal loading and shooting given that I seat the bullet out to engage the lands when the action is closed which is what I am doing now. In fact. when I close the breech on my rifle and then attempt to extract the case, the case comes out but leaves the bullet firmly stuck in the lands and I have to use a rod to drive it out, so I'm sticking that sucker in there about as much as I can given the minimun (if any at all) caming done by a Browning highwall action. I am shooting black powder loads in this rifle using Ron Snovers 400 grain bullet if that helps any or does that matter?
Somebody hep me heah.
Do any of you boys know how to do this and if so, please set me straight on how to accomplish this in a 40-65. Then tell me the loading procedure once the bullet is breech seated. I assume that the case is loaded and the wad is seated so that when the case is closed up in the action, the powder column is snug against the bullet base as it would be in any normal cartridge.
I've never done any breech seating but would like to try it. If any of yawl know how to make a breech seater and know how to do this, it shore would help me a lot if you'd explain it or post photo's if you have'm cause all I know is what I've been able to read and it ain't exactly clear to me how it all works. In fact, I ain't clear on why this is better than the normal loading and shooting given that I seat the bullet out to engage the lands when the action is closed which is what I am doing now. In fact. when I close the breech on my rifle and then attempt to extract the case, the case comes out but leaves the bullet firmly stuck in the lands and I have to use a rod to drive it out, so I'm sticking that sucker in there about as much as I can given the minimun (if any at all) caming done by a Browning highwall action. I am shooting black powder loads in this rifle using Ron Snovers 400 grain bullet if that helps any or does that matter?
Somebody hep me heah.