Pulled the handle on a loaded round and found a problem

[Pepssy]

I was checking a round and noticed the bullet was seated about .050 too deep. It probably would have been fine but probably fine is not something I want to rely on. I pulled it, fixed the seating die and checked the next twenty..two more were off. That was a good reminder that the puller is not just for fixing mistakes, it is for verifying your work.

 

[KonoctisWigwam]

I have seen this problem where the seating changes as the bullet cycles in the pistol. Make sure to resize, so that the expander ball opens the neck to the correct size. There are 2 functions of the resizing die, 1) resize the neck so that it's smaller than the correct diameter, and to expand the inside of the neck to the correct dimension. When there's not enough tension holding the bullet, they tend to shift when cycling. This may not be your problem, but it was mine.

 

[Roguehunter]

I was checking a round and noticed the bullet was seated about .050 too deep. It probably would have been fine but probably fine is not something I want to rely on. I pulled it, fixed the seating die and checked the next twenty..two more were off. That was a good reminder that the puller is not just for fixing mistakes, it is for verifying your work.

That’s exactly how small issues become big ones, catching it early beats trusting “probably fine” every single time

 

[alan]

I was checking a round and noticed the bullet was seated about .050 too deep. It probably would have been fine but probably fine is not something I want to rely on. I pulled it, fixed the seating die and checked the next twenty..two more were off. That was a good reminder that the puller is not just for fixing mistakes, it is for verifying your work.

One pulled round is a nuisance, two is a warning and twenty turns into an immediate setup correction.