Help: Setting up my new Forester Mico Seater

[Hawk45]

Just got my Forester Micro seater die and the instructions aren't helping so I'm looking for some help. I'm sure it's something stupid my dislexia is overlooking/missing.

So my question is.. When I put the die in my press (with a empty sized case) do I want to screw it down untill the die stops on the shoulder of the case? The instructions don't say to use a case, but to only screw in till it touches the shell holder, then screw in 2 to 6 more times (which I think is vague). If I screw in to touch the shoulder of the case, when I go to seat a bullet, I have to screw the micrometer almost all the way out.. so that can't be right.

How should I setup?

 

[RebelYell]

Re: Help: Setting up my new Forester Mico Seater

Screw it down to the shell holder then two to six more times. Find your OVA length of your bullet and work down to that...the instructions are just that. Take your time and re-read it again and don't think about anything but what it says to do.

 

[Hawk45]

Re: Help: Setting up my new Forester Mico Seater

Ok.. so I set the micrometer on 0.000. Then I put the die in the press and screw it down to the shell holder. Then screw in 2 more times and run a test round. If the OVA is too long, then screw the die in a little at a time till I get to my OVA. Then I can use the micrometer to adjust based on ogive variances.

Is that correct thinking?

 

[RebelYell]

Re: Help: Setting up my new Forester Mico Seater

Exactly...sorry I didn't answer sooner. But yes...after you have the somewhat OVA that you need just use the micro to get exactly what you need for OVA.
Happy hunting.

 

[taseal]

Re: Help: Setting up my new Forester Mico Seater

I'm gonna make a video of this. but you got it.

just like that. now seat all your bullets with like .010 to go, or whatever u deside. say .050

now, after you seat all your bullets at that, there will be a some that's off, here and there.

now after that 1st batch, measure each bullet 1 by 1, and adjust the micrometer for each bullet.

that I think is the best way to do it. give yourself .001-.002 room, because sometimes I've seen some bullets get seated that's off by that much.

 

[Fuzzball]

Re: Help: Setting up my new Forester Mico Seater

"The instructions don't say to use a case, but to only screw in till it touches the shell holder, then screw in 2 to 6 more times (which I think is vague)."

You're agoninizing over a non-issue; do it the way the instuctions say. Two to six turns isn't vague at all, it's the lattitude in which it makes no difference in the results. If screwing it down to jam on the case shoulder did anything good they would tell us to do it that way.

The numbers on the micrometer head are for reference only, they have no absolute meaning nor would there be any value in it if it did.

What the heck is an "OVA length of your bullet"?

 

[mdevers49]

Re: Help: Setting up my new Forester Mico Seater

Does this die seat off the tip or the ogive? When measuring each bullet are you measuring off the ogive or the tip? What is OVA? This newbie is full of questions. Here's another. My Forester does not have a micrometer and I'm trying to find a seating depth that groups well. One method i read about said to remove the firing pin, seat a bullet long, polish the bullet, chamber and look for the land marks on the bullet. I can easily see them. So I continue to seater deeper until there are no longer land marks. That tells me I am just off the lands which is where i want to be to start testing groups. Then I put the firing pin back in, seat to that depth again and now I'm seeing land marks again and have to assume the firing pin has now jammed me into the lands. Why bother to remove the firing pin to figure out where the lands are if I have to change depth after replacing the firing pin? not sure where to go from here? This newbie would really appreciate some advise.