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                    How would you go about breechsetting a jacketed bullet.
, and what is going to happen when you fire the rifle.  I'm fully aware of the accuracy that modern BR shooters get,their the best.  It seems to me that a breechseated bullet is exactly where we want the bullet to be, it can do nothing but go straight down the barrel. there are a number of things that can go wrong before a fixed round gets to that point.   leadball

Hi guys, New guy here.
Tom is talking about Ferris Pindell, he's the guy that along with Dr. Lou P, invented the 22 and 6 PPC, probably the most accurate cartridges in the world today for 100, 200, and 300 yd shooting, and I don't doubt one bit that he shot groups under 1/2 inch ( .460 ) with bullets loaded backwards in his 1.5 inch .308.  I would listen very close to anything either of those two guys say.
  S-T

I would listen closely too, if the conversation were about modern, bolt action, bench rest rifles using jacketed bullets, but it is not.  The question was about breech seating, which is a technique used with great success for single shot rifles of the non-bolt action types firing lead bullets.  The leading practitioners of this particular discipline have found breech seating to be a very useful and successful technique.   

If we were talking about crossbows, we could compare the benefits of carbon fiber vs aluminum shafts, if we were talking about fencing, the various types of epees would be in play, but the question was about breech seating, a technique for lead bullets in non-bolt action single shot rifles.  All other information, while true, interesting, and historical, is outside the scope of the original question.

A properly set-up rifle of the type under discussion will have a concentric chamber to the best degree possible by the gunsmith making the rifle, also a breech face and a receiver face that are fitted as perpendicular to the bore as possible (the former being no small feat with some rolling block actions.  These factors have been shown to be beneficial with virtually all types of rifles.  The chamber for a lead bullet gun will be cut to accept a specified case, but there will also (usually) be a special "throat" cut to accept the bullet as precisely and with as much repeatability as is attainable.  The lead bullet is inserted using a push seater, plugged case or mechanical seater to the same depth each time, frequently even with the same rotational configuration each time.  This method gives the best results for most current shooters of this type of rifle.  I trust this answers the question of the original poster, and if not, please drop me a PM and I will try to help if I can.

Regards,
Green Frog

Sorry I got off on a tangent.  maby a seperate thread comparing various means of getting into the one hole groups would be more apropriate. I tend to rely on my experiences and conversations with people who I thought were the best in the world at the time. yes Ferris Pindell is the P in the 6mm ppc. he would also coach u during a match with any help he could give.  the man loved the sport. last I heard of him he was making custom que sticks. another sport that requires a good eye. i apoligize again 
tom

Charlie
thanks ur pretty good for a green guy. u seem to express my opinions better than i can.

Leadball I was in the Shallow Water Navy the ones with White Hulls. Biggest gun I shot was a 3 inch 50 single shot falling block built in 1918.   

However have been on several Battleships looking around. First time when I was a kid and since on the Museum ships.  They used a hydraulic ram to to push the projectile into the rifling, and loaded bags of powder behind it to suit the intended result.  I also think but don't know in the Navy anything over a 5 inch was breech seated.  I do know the 5 inch guns were cartridge. Coast Guard had some of those on the big Cutters.

As a point of intrest the big army coastal defence guns were near clones of 16 inch naval guns and also breech seated.

We have the Wisconsin here on display and it's a nice tour.

Boats

Boats,

The 5-inch 38 was also breech seated, but with a mechanical rammer. Think of it as the biggest Borchardt you ever saw.  It was just a super-sized .38-55.

Waterman