Product Description
Competition Seating Die Stem, Comp VLD (Very Low Drag)
55742
NEW!
For: 22 Caliber Long
For the Following Calibers: 22 Hornet, 223 Remington, 223 Remington Ackley Improved 40-Degree Shoulder, 221 Remington Fireball, 220 Swift, 223 Winchester Super Short Magnum (WSSM)
The VLD Profile Seating Stem is a direct replacement for the Standard Profile Seating Stem and is available separately.
VLD Profile Seating Stems have slightly different internal geometry to accommodate today’s high B.C. bullets with long secant ogives.
Instructions:
1. Disassemble the die. Removing the micrometer will allow the die’s internal parts to be removed from the threaded die body.
2. Hold the internal sleeve vertically in your hand, oriented so that the bullet alignment bore is facing upwards.
3. Remove the seating stem from the bullet alignment bore.
4. Place your thumb over the chamber end of the interval sleeve so that the hole is completely covered, creating an airtight seal.
5. Partially insert the seating stem into the bullet alignment bore, (1/8” to 3/16”) is sufficient.
6. Using your free hand, gently tap the top of the seating stem with your finger. Since the bullet alignment bore and seating stem are so closely matched, the air within the internal sleeve does not escape; it is compressed. Watch as the seating stem “jumps” as the compression reacts upon the seating stem.
7. Now, repeat the experiment using a standard jacketed bullet in place of the seating stem. You will see the same results. You have just demonstrated that the seating stem and the bullet are so closely matched that they will float on a column of air!
The Redding Competition Seating Dies for bottleneck cases are supplied with a free-floating seat stem that works well with the most common bullets available for the given caliber.
Redding also makes these VLD seat stems for use with many popular VLD style bullets.
These bullets have a much shallower ogive angle and may actually bottom out in the standard seat plug.
The VLD Seat plugs have a proper internal contact angle and generally a smaller diameter to engage a VLD bullet in a more effective position for proper seating.
Notes:
- Seat Stem Length: Standard = 1 inch; Long = 1 3/16 inch
- Long stems may not function in older style dies
- VLD style stems have a groove milled around the middle of the stem for easy identification
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