just took my own advice

[Semtav]

just tried it out tonight to see if I could seat a bullet without damaging it. I'm using a Winchester Mirokou 1885 45-90 with a little freebore. Plus I cam the load into the rifling a little ways. I pulled the bullet and inserted a 1/8 inch .429 wad in the case and inserted the bullet back in the case. Then cammed the cartridge in the rest of the way with a camming tool I use from Steve Rhoades. I then extracted the case, removed the wad and reinserted the case. Everything felt like it was fine. Removed the case and tapped the bullet out with a wooden dowel. Everything appeared fine with no paper tearing. Rifling on the paper showed it was in the rifling 1/4 inch so I guess I was originally loading it 1/8 into the threads. I'll have to give a couple rounds a try at the range one of these days to see if the extra effort is worth it
Brian