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Thread: Dished vs. Flat Top Punch

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    Dished vs. Flat Top Punch

    I see that lathesmith makes both dished and flat top punches. What purpose is there for a dished top punch?

    Thanks in advance for the replies.

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    A dished punch will center on a bullet ogive or on a meplat but round it slightly. I use a round nose 374 to run lee 30 flat nosed through my 450.

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    A dished one also works well if putting bullets through the sizer nose first. Many cast bullets have minor imperfections near the sprue, with otherwise clean bases; the dished TP contacts the bullet at the periphery and the center hollow leaves the protruding sprue untouched, with better alignment of the bullet as it starts into the die.

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    Thanks for the answers!

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
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