Bullet tension

[Don McDowell]

Jim I go about it a little different than some, but I let the seating depth be determined by the leading edge of the paper on the straight sided bullets engraved about 1 /10 of an inch. With the dual diameter bullets I like them to drop into the chamber much like you would with a greaser. Little bit of thumb pressure if any with either type to close the action. So as I mentioned before the seating depth is determined by the bullet and chamber. I like to be able to handle the loaded rounds without worry of the bullet falling out in the cartridge box or if the hands get shaky on the way to the chamber I don't have to stop and reseat the bullet.