Let me refine my questions: what technique do you use for breech seating bullets in a Remington Rolling Block...also to what depth should bullets be seated into the lands...I understand each barrel is different but looking for a starting point...thanks for a great forum...

If I had to shoot Schuetzen with 40/65 rolling block, I'm assuming you mean from the standing position, I would use a very light bullet of about 275-300 grains loaded fixed. 

For the BR portions of our sport I would use a 400 grain soft, 30-1 40-1 tapered bullet. It can be breech seated with Ideal style breech seater, if you're real knarly.    Mechanical breech seaters can also be made for a rolling block rifles. 

The 40/65 is one heck of a BR number when the best load is found. Your load shoots excellent in both of my 40/65s. Hard bullets shoot more accurate than the soft so a mechanical seater would be necessary 

             Joe.

Thanks for the sound advise...my plan is to shoot this rifle from the bench only...when the next rifle comes I plan to shoot both BR and OH...for breech seating at the bench what bullet can be recommended...thanks again for the reply's

Can anyone steer me to a mechnical breech seater for my Roller...todate I have used a homemade plunger type seater...with advise to seat the bullet to the mid-point of the base band a rawhide mallet may be required...which may be ok ?

I just hate beating on guns and any gun related stuff. 

If you want to breech seat hard bullets like 20-1 18-1, best have someone make you a Schoyen style breech seater.  A stud must be attached to the rifle somewhere for the seater to work.  I tried to find a picture of one on the net with not luck. I have one out in the shop. Guess I could take a picture of it and post it.  Let me know if you want me to. 

First I'd try out a hand push seater and a bunch of bullets before I'd settle on a mechanical seater.  Some of my most accurate rifles you can seat a bullet with a wood dowel in a case. 

Groove diameter bullets can shoot very accurate with the correct bullet hardness. 

              Joe. 

 

He's got a roller BP.   


     Joe

Since no one else has mentioned it I will remind everyone that a portion of the rim of the seater case may need to be removed with a rolling block when using anything but a plugged case because the extractor does not reset into the barrel with the breech block down like it does on a High wall or Ballard or other single shots. I agree with Joe the way to go with a rebuilt rolling block military or a spaghetti squirter is to put a stud in the side of the receiver and use a Schoyen style seater. I would not do it, however, with a collector grade rifle like a $10,000 Long Range.