Yep, that is one of mine. I never had trouble with that style not having enough mechanical advantage to seat a bullet and I have used one for years to breech seat a .40 caliber Hepburn. If your bullet(that you want to breech seat) does not fit into the case simply cut off the case and drop the bullet into the chamber and follow up with the seater and it will work.

Vall, I may make more some day in the future. but not right now. Thanks for your interest.

Well I tried my old push seater just to see how hard a bullet might seat. Was surprised that they seated quite easily, so until I can get or make a seating tool with leverage, I'll begin working up loads using the push seater. 
I like cool/easy shooting tools though, so can't see using the push seater for long.

SSShooter wrote on Feb 13^th, 2017 at 7:23am:

Why not? 
The shooter that finished 3rd in the 'BPCR Eastern Nat'l' at Ridgway last year not only breech-seated, but did so with PP bullets. Talk about having your routine down pat while on the line................  The BPCR match at the range in which it was held only allowed us two firing positions so we were limited in time. To breach seat would take too long. It was a great match. We fired at a steel buffalo target at 200 yards one shot at a time. The steel buffalo was of course reduced in size. The match started at 9:00 AM and lasted until about noon. We fired six rounds using any position you liked, one shot at a time until each shooter had fired his six shots. If you were the only one to knock over the buffalo six times, you won. If there were more than one to hit all six then you had to shoot off hand until one missed. Those tying for second would also have to shoot off hand until one missed and so it went down the line. It was a great match because you got to shoot a black powder match without loading one or two hundred rounds. We lost the match when we lost the range. Very sad.

Not trying to be argumemative but there are different levels of competiiiveness depending on the competitors you are competing against and the number there of for a given match. All though an inline seater might be considered competitive by some it is not at all representive of what the top competitors attending the larger matches across the nation are currently using for a very valid reason. When taking all the above into serious consideration it is easier for one to more fully understand how it's use can be very miss-leading. The name of the game is still the same achieving exacting repeatability and a push seater is simply not real conducive of accomplishing that specific task and that is why you don't see them being used more in the higher levels of extremely competitive competitions.
This would also hold true for those who are simply trying to reach extremely high and non competitive goals that they have set and are now trying to reach simply for their own personal satisfaction, enjoyment of it all and a different appreciation and love of their breech seating single shot rifles than that of a serious competitior. I also hold this group in high regard and I continue to do what I can to help them achieve those goals more so behind the scenes and on a more personal, less confusing and a non miss-leading basis.

JLouis

JLouis wrote on Feb 13^th, 2017 at 6:28pm:


That last part sort of describes my shooting John. I first want to learn, and then also want to learn to do it better. I doubt I'll compete, except against my past shooting scores. But I do feel great when my targets look good, and groups get smaller. Thanks!

westerner wrote on Feb 13^th, 2017 at 8:52pm:


Those plugged seaters make 250s for me too.  Even forgot and shot 10 shots in the 5 shot 200 yd group target at Springfield  one year.  Won it shooting against Hochs with BR stocks, good seaters and top shooters using a plugged seater    Just one less moving part to keep maintained and greased.

Schuetzenmiester wrote on Feb 14^th, 2017 at 3:44am:


I was up at Tacoma watching a match some years back, and saw a fella breech seating with a push seater and using a rubber mallet to drive the bullets into the bore. Seemed a bit harsh at the time, and I have often wondered if it was normal to have to drive bullets into the bore that way?