Re: .223 shoulder getting crushed when seating bullet
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bohem</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Saw/Chris - you guys are right, I wasn't thinking about large variances in trim length and having the die screwed far into the press. Under those conditions you guys are probably dead on the mark. </div></div>
Remove seating stem from seating die.
Take the longest of your trimmed brass and put it in the seating station.
Screw in the seating die body until the crimping step hits the case mouth.
Back the seating die body off about 1/2 turn, or thereabouts.
Lock the seating die body down to your press/toolhead.
Reinsert the seating stem and adjust for proper COAL.
If crimping, make sure your brass is trimmed to an equal length and then adjust the seating die body so that it applies the desired amount of crimp.
CAVEAT: It's always best, if one has to crimp, to do it in a separtate step, or station, apart from bullet seating. Crimping dies are best for this, but if you have a second seating die, with a crimping step built in, you can remove that stem and use that in a different station, if you have a progressive, or turret press.
Profit!
Chris