Patent ID: 6244154
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
A seating die for handgun cartridges for use in a reloading press that has a ram for supporting a straight wall shell casing and an unseated bullet in axial alignment with a die and means for producing relative axial movement between the ram and said die, said die includingan elongated housing having an axially disposed chamber passing therethrough whereby a cartridge supported on the ram is passed into said opening as the ram and die are moved toward each other,a seating stem having a body section that is slidably contained in said chamber for movement along the axis of the chamber, said seating stem having a contoured opening at one end for receiving the bullet ogive therein as the ram and die come together whereby said seating stem is moved upwardly in said chamber as the cartridge continues to move upwardly in said chamber,a stop means positioned in the chamber for arresting the upward movement of said seating stem whereby further movement of the die and ram toward each other will cause the bullet to be seated within said shell casing, andspring means mounted within said housing that acts upon the seating stem, said spring being arranged to place a biasing force upon said seating stem to positively align the bullet with the shell casing and maintain the bullet and shell casing in alignment as they move upwardly in said chamber.