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06-28-2010 01:42 PM
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Try seating it long. With a lead bullet, it will be obvious if the bullet is contacting the leade.
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Old cast bullet safety rule. Never seat a gas checked bullet so that the gas check is below the case shoulder. The rule is to prevent a gas check from coming loose into the case and becoming a secondary projectile.
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Max LOA for the 6.5x55 is 3.150" with their long 160 gr rn bullets. when seating bullets out, the limiting factors are either the ability to load/eject a loaded round or for the bullet to contact the leade. I'd make a dummy round that is partially neck-sized so that a bullet can, with effort, be pushed into the case. Seat the bullet long (3.25" and carefully chamber it. When it hits the leade, the bullet will be pushed into the case. Carefully extract the cartridge & measure the LOA; that will be your LOA for than bullet - unless it will not load or eject. Then, you will have to seta it deeper. You may also have to seat it deeper to a point you can crimp the bullet.
With a 150 gr lead bullet, I expect your max LOA will be much less than 3.150" & that the GC will be well within the neck.