Reloading Campro 115 RN

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I have just started to try some reloading, for my CZ75 Tactical. Have not tested any rounds yet. I am using a Lee single stage press, plus the Lee carbide die set. Everything went fine until the seating of the bullet, 9mm Campro 115 gn RN, powder Titegroup. I have found the Campro tolerances are all over the place, so trying to obtain a consistent O.A.L. of 1.120 has become some what of a challenge. My thinking is that case length and bullet length really do not matter, (only when making dummy bullets) once the die is set. I took the plunger out of the die and found that, for the most part each bullets nose sat at varying depths, when placing the plunger on top, thus causing the O.A.L to be different. My question is have others found this to be a problem, if so, how was it solved? The Lee web site suggests correcting the problem by drilling the inside of the plunger with a 3/32 drill bit, not sure what that would accomplish. The plunger seems to be contacting the "ogive" on each bullet before the nose, is this usual manner for seating bullets? My thinking was if I could modify the plunger so the nose was contacted first, this would solve my problem. Any and all help would be appreciated.

P.S. Seasons greetings to all and to all safe shooting.
 
Unless you are trying to squeeze out the last little bit of accuracy out of it, I wouldn't worry about it. Really doesn't hurt much normally.
 
you want the plunger contacting the ojive not the nose of the bullet, you can flatten the nose a big when seating them. the inconsistency is coming from the bullets not the dies. just make sure they fit in you make and drop in and out of the chamber of your gun and you'll be fine.
 
Assuming the ammo fits your chamber and magazine, the distance that matters is ogive to rifling. Since you are seating by pushing down close to the ogive, that distance will be fairly consistent. The variations in OAL do not matter at all.
 
Just grab a handful of CamPro bullets and measure their length, you'll see the source of the problem.

They're great, low-cost rounds when you shoot at 10m and are practicing your form or for plinking. They're not made for accuracy, there's too much variation in their length and ogive shape. I usually get my OAL consistent to +/- 0.001" with quality bullets, I'm happy to stay under +/- 0.005" with CamPros.
 
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