bullet seating problem to deep?

[bigedp51]

The op can't screw around with OAL with a Win 76. They are VERY sensitive to OAL. Too short, or, too long and they just don't cycle.
He needs the right bullet, with the crimp grove in the right place.

And if you go back up and read my posting again I said single feed into the chamber and not cycle through the action.

I took the posting to mean he had these cast bullets and wanted to shoot them, "UNTIL" he "makes or buys better cast bullets".

No offence, but it would help if you read the entire post before "quoting" something in your post you didn't even read, and single feeding "IS" an option to "use" his existing bullets.

I just got to making some rounds for my 45-60 and ran into a problem.
it looks like the bullets I am using are a little long and I have to seat them to deep to get the right OACL.

anyway I can fix this??

I trimmed brass to 1.88 and seated the bullet to 2.25 and they look like this.

in my book it says you can trim brass down to 1.81. should i try that? but I still think the bullet will be to deep for a crimp.

 

[tjsudbury]

And if you go back up and read my posting again I said single feed into the chamber and not cycle through the action.

I took the posting to mean he had these cast bullets and wanted to shoot them, "UNTIL" he "makes or buys better cast bullets".
No offence, but it would help if you read the entire post before "quoting" something in your post you didn't even read, and single feeding "IS" an option to "use" his existing bullets.

Yea that was plain as mud
His problem is the damn gun won't cycle with those bullets, and your throwing all this extraneous stuff at him that isn't relevant to his problem
He was so discouraged that he put the gun up for sale last night, unfired.

 

[JTF#]

I think I have almost every thing and info I need. I am going to cast some .340s and see how they work. since my mould is .457 I probably don't need to size them? but just to be safe I am going to buy a lee lube die in .457 that comes with the tumble lube and use them that way for now.
I am just target shooting/fun shooting but our club has a once a year buffalo shoot that you need to be able to fire out to 300 yards. when that time comes I might feel like spending more money and getting a better mould.
thanks for your help guys.

bigedp51. I understood what your meant in your post and I might still try that just to fire off a couple of rounds to get a feel for the gun. once people started talking about like slamming the bullet into the rifling and stuff I kind of got lost. the bullets I have right now are just to long and pointy but were the bullet actually contacts the rifling is in the normal spot. I cant see any problem with that.

 

[JTF#]

 

[bigedp51]

Getting The Best Precision And Accuracy From VLD Bullets In Your Rifle
http://www.bergerbullets.com/getting-the-best-precision-and-accuracy-from-vld-bullets-in-your-rifle/

Effects Of Cartridge Over All Length (COAL) And Cartridge Base To Ogive (CBTO) – Part 1
http://www.bergerbullets.com/effects-of-cartridge-over-all-length-coal-and-cartridge-base-to-ogive-cbto-part-1/

Bugholes from Bipod
Precision Shooting with Froggy
http://www.accurateshooter.com/shooting-skills/bugholes-from-bipod/

"Now it's time to seat the bullets. I use Redding Competition Micrometer bullet seaters. I set seating depth so that the bullet is jammed .005" into the lands on my .308 and .010" out of the lands on my 6.5-284. You have to experiment with what works in your rifle. Different bullets may also have different seating preferences, even in the same gun. When you are working up loads, always start at least .020" out. Jamming bullets into the lands wiil increase pressures significantly when you're running near max."

bigedp51. I understood what your meant in your post and I might still try that just to fire off a couple of rounds to get a feel for the gun. once people started talking about like slamming the bullet into the rifling and stuff I kind of got lost. the bullets I have right now are just to long and pointy but were the bullet actually contacts the rifling is in the normal spot. I cant see any problem with that.

You are not slamming bullets into the rifling, in reloading you will see two terms "jump" and "jam" meaning its either back and off the rifling or into the rifling and the above links discuss this.

"BUT" as someone stated above you are new at this so staying within the over all length is the safest way to go.