ES13Raven Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Anyone loading a 124gr JHP and using the Lee Bullet Seat Die: Does the standard bullet seater plug work well? Or is a custom seating plug necessary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlmiller1 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I have no problems seating montana gold jhp with standard lee seating die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowenbuilt Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Mine work great for everything. I have never felt the need to use anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmj3 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 The MG 115 JHP didn't fit in my standard plug very well and the custom plug was cheap so I got one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ES13Raven Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Since it was only $8 - I decided to order a custom seating plug from Lee Precision. I'm glad I did. I think this will make a difference in consistently seating the bullet straight. Standard Lee 9mm seating plug on the left, custom seating plug on the right: Custom plug is deeper, and cone is not as narrow: JHP does not seat flush in the standard plug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDA Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I'm loading 125gr zero jhp and it's seating fine with my standard Lee die so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missed it by that much Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 My standard lee die has worked fine with all hollow points I've tried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave33 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 The most accurate ammo I make is with either Hornady HAP JHP or Precision Delta JHP's done with a standard Lee seating die. That being said, for $8 it might be worth it to see if I can squeeze out a little more accuracy. I've blown more than $8 on a lot worse things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob DuBois Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Shoot a lot of varied bullets in 9mm. Had a local guy cut me a flat plug. That has worked great keeps OAL very close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtp Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Since it was only $8 - I decided to order a custom seating plug from Lee Precision. I'm glad I did. I think this will make a difference in consistently seating the bullet straight. Standard Lee 9mm seating plug on the left, custom seating plug on the right: Custom plug is deeper, and cone is not as narrow: JHP does not seat flush in the standard plug: Interesting - haven't had any issues w/standard Lee seater + MG 124gr JHPs, but $8 is, well - nothing. Did you have to send them a bullet, or ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ES13Raven Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 Interesting - haven't had any issues w/standard Lee seater + MG 124gr JHPs, but $8 is, well - nothing. Did you have to send them a bullet, or ? Yeah, you have to mail in a bullet so they give you an exact match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noylj Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 What Sees Sights Lift wrote. If your bullet "wiggles" in the seating stem, get a "real" seating stem. For Lee, you send them 2-3 bullets and a check and you get your new stem in about two weeks. Be sure to tell them what you want. I tell them that I want the stem to contact the bullet low on the bullet's ogive and not to contact the meplat at all. For full wadcutters, I want the stem to contact the bullet's outer edge/shoulder and NOT contact the "button nose"/round nub at the center of almost all my HBWCs (I rejected the perfectly flat seating stem they sent me with pictures of the nub being flattened during seating--may not make any difference while shooting, but that long wadcutter needs all the guidance it can get and balancing off the nub and flattening it did not seem like the way to go. For SWCs, I want the seating stem to ONLY contact the bullet's shoulder. Once I've adjusted for one SWC, I have the setting for all SWCs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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