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If you've been loading long, pointy .22 caliber match bullets and noticing a ring pressed into the nose or inconsistent seating depth, the stem that came with your die is usually the culprit. The L.E. Wilson VLD Drift Seating Stem fixes that. It's reamed with a steeper internal angle so it contacts the bullet lower on the ogive instead of letting the meplat bottom out in the cavity. That small change is what keeps your runout down and your base-to-ogive measurements tight from one round to the next.
VLD and hybrid bullets ride on a secant ogive, which is a sharper nose profile than the tangent shape older stems were cut for. A standard stem can catch the tip first and seat the bullet crooked or dent the nose. This VLD stem has a deeper, more aggressively tapered pocket machined to meet that secant shape, so it rings the bullet on the ogive where it should. The result is cleaner seating and bullets that sit straight in the neck.
This is a factory replacement for the standard stem in L.E. Wilson Chamber Type bullet seaters, including both the standard and stainless micrometer versions. It threads right into your existing seater cap with no fitting or gunsmithing. If you run both tangent match bullets and VLD-style projectiles, a lot of folks just keep this stem installed full time since it handles shorter bullets fine too.
L.E. Wilson has been turning out precision reloading tools for decades, and this stem carries the same tight-tolerance machining their dies are known for. It's made in the USA and cut for a near-perfect fit against the bullet it's seating. For handloaders chasing consistency with high-BC bullets, it's one of the cheapest upgrades you can make to a seating setup that's already dialed in.
It's reamed with a steeper internal angle and a deeper pocket so it grips the bullet lower on the ogive instead of letting the tip bottom out in the cavity. That gives long, sharp-nosed VLD and hybrid bullets proper support during seating. The payoff is less runout, no dented meplats, and more consistent seating depth.
Yes. It's a direct replacement for the standard stem in L.E. Wilson Chamber Type bullet seaters, including both the standard and stainless micrometer versions. It threads right into your existing seater cap with no modification needed.
You can. The VLD stem works fine with shorter, standard-profile bullets, so many reloaders just leave it installed full time rather than swapping back and forth. It's really built to shine with VLD, secant, and hybrid designs where a standard stem tends to make contact too high on the nose.
It's cut for VLD, secant, hybrid, and tangent .22 caliber bullets. The steeper geometry is what makes it the right choice for today's long, high-BC match projectiles that older stem profiles weren't designed to contact correctly.
| UPC | 815145029133 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | |
| Manufacturer Part Number | BSD-V22 |
| Caliber/Gauge | .22 Caliber |
| Shipping Weight | 0.1 |
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