US 11,719,521 B2
Bullet seating die
Justin Burke, Columbia, MO (US); James Tayon, Moberly, MO (US); Michael Lindsay, Columbia, MO (US); Matthew Kinamore, Columbia, MO (US); Curtis Smith, Columbia, MO (US); Jarrod Grove, Columbia, MO (US); and Michael Cottrell, Ashland, MO (US)
Assigned to AOB PRODUCTS COMPANY, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed by AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,256.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/059,398, filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0034637 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F42B 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 33/005 (2013.01) 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bullet seating die for use with an ammunition press to seat a bullet in a case, the bullet seating die comprising:
a die housing having an ammunition press mount configured to mount the bullet seating die on the ammunition press, the die housing defining a bullet receiving space having an open end, the die housing defining a side window in communication with the bullet receiving space and sized and shaped to permit the bullet to be inserted therethrough to position the bullet in the bullet receiving space; and
a seating stem supported by the die housing within the bullet receiving space, the seating stem arranged to engage the bullet to press the bullet into the case when the ammunition press is operated;
a spring retainer supported by the die housing;
a bullet holder configured to be receivable in the bullet receiving space, the bullet holder being configured to hold the bullet, the bullet holder being moveable with respect to the spring retainer; and
a spring biasing the seating stem away from the open end of the bullet receiving space so that the seating stem is positioned relative to the side window to permit the bullet to be inserted through the side window and into the bullet receiving space.