Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Bullet seating/ fact or fiction?

I use Wilson hand dies or Redding and Forster bushing dies and micrometer style seaters almost exclusively. Those Whidden dies look great too but have yet to try them.

I check all reloads for run-out, hunting and target, on my Jones Custom Products concentricity gauge that I've had for about thirty years. Very seldom get run-out of more than .002" mostly .0005"-0015". Obviously for target shooting, rifle accuracy and your own shooting ability are paramount. However, does it really matter for hunting? Not at the short to medium ranges I shoot deer, but I can't help myself and still check every round for run-out.

Bullet seating depth regarding accuracy, is dependant on the particular rifle, the particular bullet, the powder charge and probably the type of powder and of course magazine length if you're using one. Nothing is set in concrete. Being reloaders and particularly if you've done bench rest or other precision shooting, it's generally deeply ingrained to try and get the absolute most accuracy out of your reloads, whether needed or not.