Bullet seating depth

[beast556]

So I loaded some 223 last night for the first time and couldn't get consistent bullet seating depth. I'm using hornady dies, I was using hornady 68gr bthp match bullets and couldn't get them to seat at the same depth consistently. I also used Sierra 69gr smk and they were a lot more consistent but still coulnt get them all the same length. When I load 45acp I can get 99% seated at the same depth. Super confused, any help would be much appreciated.

[Irving]

Maybe a silly question, but are the tips getting squished in the seating die at all? I have some rounds where almost none of them come out of the die unscathed.

[Jamnanc]

Are you crimping? If you back off your crimp it may help. Are you loading progressive or single stage?

[jreifsch80]

Measuring off the tips wont always be exact from one round to the next. If you want a more precise measurement measure of the ogive

https://www.hornady.com/reloading/pr...-comparator#!/

[beast556]

The tips are not making contact and look perfect. I'm not crimping these ones they will be ran through bolt guns. I'm using a hornady single stage lock n load press. The bushing is turned in all the way and dosent have any play that I can tell.
Yea I was doing some research and looks like I'm gonna have to get the hornady comparator set.

[Jamnanc]

All the same brass as well?

[beast556]

Yea all LC brass, full length sized and trimmed to the same length.

[Irving]

Have you shot any of it yet? If it patterns the way you want, maybe it won't matter. I suspect that's not the case, like if it were 9mm, but worth a shot just to have more info

[C Ward]

BTHP match bullets because of the construction will have a variable length from when the tip is spun closed , measure to the ogive on the bullet not the tip .

The anal bench rest reloading practices are mostly a waste of time on gas guns , the ammo you load in your magazine is most definitely not what goes down range. After slamming back and forth in the magazine , being smashed in to the feed ramps at an angle and the forcibly squished in the chamber your lovingly load 1 at a time to NASA tolerance ammo is no longer the same length or straight anymore .

[beast556]

The anal bench rest reloading practices are mostly a waste of time on gas guns , the ammo you load in your magazine is most definitely not what goes down range. After slamming back and forth in the magazine , being smashed in to the feed ramps at an angle and the forcibly squished in the chamber your lovingly load 1 at a time to NASA tolerance ammo is no longer the same length or straight anymore .

The rounds are for bolt guns not a ar. I'm gonna go to sportsmans tonight and get the hornady comparator. I'm just hoping I havent over set them to far. Irving I will be shooting them this weekend and hoping all goes well and they shoot at least as good a fgmm does.