I recently cast some 311284 bullets and am trying to seat them in 30-06 cases . If the die is far enough into the press to use the crimping ring, the seater plug pushes the bullet in much to far. If I back the die out so the seater plug can properly seat the bullet, the case cannot have its neck crimped becuase the crimping ring is too high. I ended up doing it in two steps. Seat the bullets then remove the plug and then adjust the die to crimp.
I have no objection to doing it in a two step process but was just wondering if I have missed something along the way?
Thanks,
John