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Anyone deal w/700 Rem w/long throat? New gun, not shot out. Rem do this on purpose?
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<blockquote data-quote="cookjp" data-source="post: 845591" data-attributes="member: 18556"><p><strong>Re: Anyone deal w/700 Rem w/long throat? New gun, not shot out. Rem do this on purpo</strong></p><p></p><p>I have a Remington 700 bdl 270 that I bought in the late 90's that is the same way. I tried to seat my 130 BT to the lands and the bullet would be all the way out of the case. I ended up seating the bullet into the case enough to fit in the magazine and to ensure that I had enough neck tension to hold the bullet in place. I then fiddled with the powder charge to get the desired accuracy and was thankfully able to meet my expectations. I did find that a Lee factory crimp die helped to improve the overall consistency of my loads and since this is a hunting rifle and the rounds would be handled roughly it made me feel better to crimp them. You mileage may vary though. I however have not been able to get any other bullet besides the 130gr Nosler BT to shoot worth a crap, good thing I like them for deer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cookjp, post: 845591, member: 18556"] [b]Re: Anyone deal w/700 Rem w/long throat? New gun, not shot out. Rem do this on purpo[/b] I have a Remington 700 bdl 270 that I bought in the late 90's that is the same way. I tried to seat my 130 BT to the lands and the bullet would be all the way out of the case. I ended up seating the bullet into the case enough to fit in the magazine and to ensure that I had enough neck tension to hold the bullet in place. I then fiddled with the powder charge to get the desired accuracy and was thankfully able to meet my expectations. I did find that a Lee factory crimp die helped to improve the overall consistency of my loads and since this is a hunting rifle and the rounds would be handled roughly it made me feel better to crimp them. You mileage may vary though. I however have not been able to get any other bullet besides the 130gr Nosler BT to shoot worth a crap, good thing I like them for deer. [/QUOTE]
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