Vista outdoors is like most American businesses, They move overseas or buy from there. Many items we buy in Walmart are made in China. More profit, plain and simple.
I push a 210 grain in my S/W .44 Mag at just under 1,500 FPS and the leading it not bad. great Wild hog load! The alloy I used for bullet casting was rather hard. Can't recall it's number on the Brinell scale however.
My buddy's 760 .270 shot 1.5" groups with Rem 130 Cor-Locts in factory fodder. His shooting style was to whip his head back quickly to avoid getting whacked by the ocular lense of the Charles Daily scope. Comical to watch. But it woked for him.
Absolutely clean it! My friends 30-06 was grouping like a shotgun. I cleaned it with the outers cop-out system. Worked up load that groups under an inch. Scrub that barrel. Make sure the screws are tight.
Understood. The question is how do I adjust the seating die to seat bullets on the ogive. The seater does so where it contacts the bullet closer to the tip.