Berger 105 hybrid won't seat

[treetrimmer_01]

I have new Berger 105 hybrid bullets, new Lapua brass and am using a Wilson micrometer seating die. The bullet starts in but then hits a wall and will not seat any further. Any ideas? Thanks

 

[treetrimmer_01]

I have the vld stem in my die also.

 

[ZEROGUY]

Longer seating stem?

 

[treetrimmer_01]

It's not the die bottoming out it's something else. The stem is plenty long.

 

[spife7980]

Well you’re the one with your hands on it. You tell us. What’s it hitting?

 

[918v]

The bullet expands the neck and seats until it reaches the neck/shoulder junction. You just have to push harder to get it past that point.

 

[padom]

If you have to push that hard there's a problem...so 6br Lapua brass and 105 hybrids??

I'f you take the die apart does the seating step slide through the hole in the die body smoothly?? Wouldnt be the first time I had issues with Whidden seating dies and is the reason I only use Forster and Redding

 

[bschneiderheinze]

What’s your coal

 

[steve123]

You likely have to much powder in the case. If it's virgin brass and you use 30.4 grains Varget, like I did, you can't seat the bullet down far enough into the case with a .104 freebore. After the case has been fired once and sized it'll work. I reduced the load to 29.4 for the first firing, there's a node right there.

 

[XTREM HTR16]

Or you have donuts in your case neck

It’s new brass