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The 22 PPC is a cartridge built around accuracy, so it makes sense to seat bullets with a tool built the same way. This L.E. Wilson chamber type bullet seating die is a longtime favorite among benchrest and precision handloaders because of how it controls alignment. Instead of relying on moving collars or threaded tolerances, the die fully captures the case and the bullet, then pushes the bullet straight into the neck through a close-fitting seating stem. The case stays stationary while the bullet comes down to it, which is the whole secret behind the low runout these dies are known for.
This is a hand die, meaning it runs on an arbor press rather than threading into a reloading press. You set a primed, charged case into the die body, balance your bullet on the case mouth, slide the die over both, and press the seating cap down with the arbor press until it bottoms out. Lift the body off the base and your finished round drops out. Once you get into a rhythm it is genuinely one of the fastest and most consistent ways to seat bullets, and it travels well for making adjustments at the range or at a match.
Every Wilson seater is turned from machined steel rather than cast, and each one is hand reamed to the correct headspace so tolerances stay tight. Seating depth is set by turning the screw inside the cap, giving you control over your bullet's overall length and jump to the lands. A full turn moves roughly .042 inch, with half and quarter turns dialing you in finer from there.
If you shoot VLD or secant ogive bullets, a dedicated VLD seating stem is available separately and is worth picking up for the best fit on those profiles. Made in the U.S.A., this die is the kind of tool that earns its keep load after load for anyone chasing tight groups out of a 22 PPC.
An arbor press is the recommended way to run this die and gives you the smoothest, most repeatable feel. You can seat bullets with a soft-faced mallet or palm pressure in a pinch, but neither is as fast or consistent as a small arbor press. L.E. Wilson makes a press suited to these dies, and other precision arbor presses work well too.
Seating depth is controlled by turning the screw inside the cap after loosening the set screw. As a reference, one full turn moves the stem about .042 inch, a half turn about .021 inch, and a quarter turn about .0105 inch. It's a good idea to seat a dummy round first, measure the overall length, and fine-tune from there.
This die ships with the standard seating stem, which covers most common bullet profiles. For VLD or secant ogive bullets, a dedicated VLD seating stem is available separately and will give you a better fit and more consistent seating on those shapes. Many handloaders keep both stems on hand so they can switch depending on the bullet.
A chamber type seater fully captures both the case and bullet and pushes the bullet straight down into a stationary case, which keeps everything in tight alignment. That setup produces less runout than a conventional 7/8 inch to 14 threaded die, which is why these are so popular with benchrest and precision crowds. The tradeoff is that it runs on an arbor press rather than a standard reloading press.
| UPC | 815145021090 |
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| Manufacturer Part Number | BS22-PPC |
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