Ok thanks! I have never seen a forster die in real life and my redding is still in the box so I have no experience with it as of yet.
Chad
Originally Posted by
shootist~
The competition seating dies, in this case a Forester .223, have a spring loaded guide that hangs down below the upper section of the die. The guide makes contact with the shell plate during the down stroke for near perfect alignment between the case and the bullet - before the bullet is finally seated.
As you know, the 1050 (not the newer Super 1050) is not as tall as a 550 or 650. When the bullet is seated, the indexing sequence starts on the upstroke (or there abouts) and that guide section of the seater die contacts the loaded bullet before the tool head is high enough for clearance.
I use a Redding competition seating die for 6.5x55 on the 650 and it works fine on that machine due to the higher clearance.
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