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Cordite thanks for that info. Have had a look and a 3mm drill bit simply slides into the 308 seating stem well past where the stem is contacting the bullet. So maybe have to go to 3.5-4 mm

Cheers sdogg73. Yea just seems the taper in the stem at the tip area is too steep so contacts just up from the tip. It’s not even just on VLD bullets. Even the basic 150 SP that’s in the picture is...

This is the 150 SP when put in with vivid on it so you can see where the steam contacts the bullet 137392

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mimms2 I was thinking I could put it in the lathe and open up the inside off the seating steam around the tip area. But was more checking if anyone has had the issue or opened the stem up before

175gr Sierra TMK and Hornady 150 SP for the 308 and Hornady 87gr BTHP for the 243
Contacts around the tip area on both. I can’t add a picture off my phone sadly

Good afternoon

I have been having a look at my seating steam for both my 308 and 243 and have noticed it seams to be seating the bullets from the tip, or contacting the tip rather than seating...