Oops...seated one too deep

[OEM]

Hello:
Working up a new batch of reloads last night and thought that my settings from the last session were already done. I had forgotten that I had taken the Lee Bullet Seater apart to clean and must've changed the settings. End result one bullet that's seated way lower than the others.

My question is, would it be a problem to fire that bullet?

 

[Winnipeg Toymaker]

depends on how far the bullet is off the lands. Why chance it? Pull it apart as it it only one bullet.

 

[cosmic]

Yes - Bullets seated way low can increase pressure undesirably.

 

[Mauser98]

From a safety point of view, it should be fine to shoot as is. From an accuracy point of view - maybe.

 

[OEM]

OK thanks guys. I will now have to add a bullet-puller to my arsenal of tools.
All the rest of my bullets were set to 2.980. I think this one was about 2.655 or something like that.

 

[HKMark23]

Yes - Bullets seated way low can increase pressure undesirably.

X2 , at least if you're talking pistol rounds it does. Pull it or keep it as a trophy. I have accumulated a wide array of reloading trophies of various lengths, shapes, configurations and calibers . Each trophy is a reminder of what not to do.

 

[elkchaser]

bullet seating

It's only one, why chance it, thow it away!!

 

[apu]

bullet seating can have a dramatic effect on pressures it's not worth finding out what it might do, take her apart

 

[ben hunchak]

Either type of bullet puller will fix it for you very quickly and you will save all the components. If i do up a bunch of test loads and they don't perform, and I have some left, i will pull them all when i get home, no sense wasting the components downrange, when they can be used for further(different) loads.

 

[sundance1972]

Been there done that more than once!! I'd just pull it and start over, like you said, it's only one. For every different load i use in my 6.5 and 7mm, i made a dummy round (no primer/powder) and wrote the length and bullet on the brass in black marker. When i want to make more, i turn the die out, load the dummy, and turn the seater down until it just touches the bullet, usually gets it to within a couple thou, then fine tune from there.
I'm sure other people have different ways of doing this, but it works quite well for me.

 

[Cal45]