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I am some what new to reloading and don't understand seating depth. I am working on some 223 50gr v-max loads. Hornady book says 2.220col. If I seat a 50 vmax in an empty case long, close the bolt then extract the col is 2.357. Would this be tight to the lands? 2.200-2.357 is a big difference, were should I be seating? How much of the bullet should be in the case? I know I can very the seat depth but not sure how much. This is a newer ruger M77 Hawkeye.Thanks for any help.

[QUOTE="comtnman, post: 1845568, member: 27627"] I am some what new to reloading and don't understand seating depth. I am working on some 223 50gr v-max loads. Hornady book says 2.220col. If I seat a 50 vmax in an empty case long, close the bolt then extract the col is 2.357. Would this be tight to the lands? 2.200-2.357 is a big difference, were should I be seating? How much of the bullet should be in the case? I know I can very the seat depth but not sure how much. This is a newer ruger M77 Hawkeye.Thanks for any help. [/QUOTE]

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