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Jtarm
05-14-2020, 12:18 PM
Those of you running full wadcutters in your .45s, what seater die/plug are you using?
I just got off the phone with RCBS and they don't make them (can do so special order.)
I have both the old and new-style seater dies and they don't make them for either one.
I could grind the shoulders from an SWC, but I'm not real confident I could keep everything square.
ioon44
05-14-2020, 12:39 PM
I use the flat seater plug for loading 200 gr SWC in .45 ACP, this gives me very accurate cartage OAL.
oldsalt444
05-14-2020, 12:46 PM
You don't need a special plug for full wadcutters. What you're looking for is a plug with a flat ridge around the circumference that will contact the bullet evenly around the top. A semi wadcutter plug will do just fine and most round nose plugs have that flat ridge too.
leeshall
05-14-2020, 01:17 PM
Works great with current Dillon seating dies. Won't work with older dies.
http://www.uniquetek.com/product/T1561
you can fill a die head with JB weld or even hot glue- i've done this on the dillon 500 with great success
Wheelgun
05-14-2020, 02:02 PM
I just use the SWC stem in my RCBS die. It works perfectly with the Saeco #453.
James Wisner
05-14-2020, 03:42 PM
Contact Huntington Die, I did just last month.
They are my first go to for any old RCBS parts
Fred has RN, SWC, and Wadcutter 45 caliber seating plugs for the old style 1/4 x 28 seating dies, as well as blank plugs.
They have a min order of $ 20, and each seating plug cost $ 10
JW
Land Owner
05-14-2020, 05:52 PM
I turned the head of a 16 penny nail into a WC seating stem in my RCBS LAM II. Works and cheap too.
pjames32
05-14-2020, 06:44 PM
made a flat plug from an old SWC plug. Turned it in my drill press with a file.
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