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akinswi

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I was setting up my forster co ax to load some 158grn Lead Semi Wad Cutters, When I set up my seating die , I didn’t screw the seating stem out far enough and I seated the bullet with just the tip protruding out of the end of the case. There is 3.5 grains of Bullseye Powder in there.

My question is would it be ok too shoot this out my S&W 586 not have to worry about it damaging something.

Again its not seated just a little too deep its alot too deep almost wad cutter deep. Its only 1, The rest are fine
 
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My question is would it be ok too shoot this out my S&W 586 not have to worry about it damaging something.
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NO!!!!!!!!!!

IF you don't have a hammer type inertia bullet puller, get one!! Use that and pull the bullet.

DO NOT SHOOT IT!!!!

Someone with the the right tech support might be able to figure out how much you reduced the powder space and there by increased the pressure if you fired it. OR get the computer's best estimate. I have no way of knowing and since I don't I can't say the isn't over the guns ability to handle it.

Feel like buying a new gun, or a finger or an eye? Its one round right? Shooting it as is, with the bullet that deep is barking stupid, and a totally unneeded risk.

Pull the bullet, return it to your bullet stash (done right the pulled bullet will be undamaged).

If you are 100% sure what the powder is, dump it back in the can. IF only 99.9% sure what it is, toss it. 3.5gr is piffle....

I would FL resize the case and if ok, reload it, but that's just me.

DO NOT SHOOT IT with the bullet so deep in the case only the nose peeks out.
 
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ghbucky

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When you are setting up your seating depth, use an unprimed case. Once you've got the depth you want, you can hang onto your dummy round to use it to set up your dies again if you need to.
 
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olduser

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+1 on the dummy round advice. I make up and keep a dummy round for each bullet type I load. sure makes setting up the seating die easy.
 
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gwpercle

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Right now is a great time to run out and pick up a kinetic bullet puller ... the hammer kind is kinetic ... not very expensive and if you do any reloading ... they come in so handy .
Too deep ? ...just grab the puller a couple whacks and you can use the bullet , powder and primed case .
I bought one 50 years ago when I did what you did and never have regretted it .
Collet and Die pullers can't pull deep seated and lead with out damage to the bullet .
Go get a Kinetic Puller and never worry about removing bullets ...
I have pulled 500 rounds of WWII 30-06 machine gun ammo with it ...they can pull bullets !
Gary
 
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ghbucky

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I have pulled 500 rounds of WWII 30-06 machine gun ammo with it ...they can pull bullets !
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Unless you turn it around and whack the wrong end. Then they SEAT bullets....

Don't ask. Just don't.
 
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Here's a tip to help pull down milsurp ammo where the bullet is sealed into the case.

Run them through your seater die, set to seat the bullets about .1 or so deeper, FIRST. This breaks the seal and makes pulling them easier.
 
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Nathan

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Please don’t take this wrong. If you had to ask that in an open forum, I would ask that you reevaluate how much you know about what you are doing. Might be worth some reflection. Just because there are sooooo many things we can accidentally hurt ourselves reloading.

Good luck. That said, I appreciate the question. We can all learn from it and this will help 2-3 others learn.
 
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akinswi

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@ Nathan then why even mention it. Be careful what you say, if you appreciated the question you would have not made that remark.

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”

Albert Einstein
 
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Nathan

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@ Nathan then why even mention it. Be careful what you say, if you appreciated the question you would have not made that remark.
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I’m ok with what I said. Forums are a great place to chat, share ideas, get some ideas.

Wadcutters seat almost flush. SWC’s seat with about 1/3 of the length out. That much additional burn space being eaten into, you should expect a significant pressure increase. My guess is 10000psi boost. I’m just estimating, but I’m a deep enough study of this subject that I’m comfortable calling it excessive in my hand.

What if like 10 posts all said, “shoot it, you’re good”?
 
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