12-18-2023, 05:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-18-2023, 05:34 PM by Diesel Pro.)
In case any of you are Forster users I am working with Forster on this:
FW: I have your co-ax press and the 2 die sets for 204, 22-250, 243, 260, and most recently 6mm ARC and 223. What I am finding with the 6mm ARC is that the seater tube is leaving a very noticeable impression aka "ring around the collar" on the bullets. I have seen others reference this on you tube so sounds like I am not the only one having this issue. I'm wondering if you have a solution? I may look to see if I can swap in the 243 stem and see how that goes.
Note: I am loading conventional varmint bullets in the 65-87gr range and not the new style long and heavy. I did push back a couple of factory loaded Hornady 105 black and it did not seem to imprint on the jacket.
To me this comes down to: WTF were they thinking? The bullets are the same (but different) but I would sure think that the old 243 stem would be better than that sharp drinking straw POS they are using.
Pic of the 243 Win and 6mm arc stems:
FW: I have your co-ax press and the 2 die sets for 204, 22-250, 243, 260, and most recently 6mm ARC and 223. What I am finding with the 6mm ARC is that the seater tube is leaving a very noticeable impression aka "ring around the collar" on the bullets. I have seen others reference this on you tube so sounds like I am not the only one having this issue. I'm wondering if you have a solution? I may look to see if I can swap in the 243 stem and see how that goes.
Note: I am loading conventional varmint bullets in the 65-87gr range and not the new style long and heavy. I did push back a couple of factory loaded Hornady 105 black and it did not seem to imprint on the jacket.
To me this comes down to: WTF were they thinking? The bullets are the same (but different) but I would sure think that the old 243 stem would be better than that sharp drinking straw POS they are using.
Pic of the 243 Win and 6mm arc stems: