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<blockquote data-quote="ricka0" data-source="post: 89087" data-attributes="member: 3086"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> <font color="purple"> <strong> You can seat bullets firmly into the lands using starting loads and working up cautiously. .... You will also likely see better accuracy by jumping the bullets,</strong> </font></p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>I think you meant better accuracy NOT jumping. It's generally recognized most guns shoot better close to or into the lands than jumping. <font color="red"> <strong> BUT THIS IS A EXCEEDING BAD IDEA </strong> </font> for Long Range Hunting as Festus says, when you eject the cartridge the bullet stays in the barrel and powder goes everywhere. It's a real mess to get out, and if you don't get it all out you will damage your ejector. Don't ask me how I know this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ricka0, post: 89087, member: 3086"] [ QUOTE ] <font color="purple"> [b] You can seat bullets firmly into the lands using starting loads and working up cautiously. .... You will also likely see better accuracy by jumping the bullets,[/b] </font> [/ QUOTE ] I think you meant better accuracy NOT jumping. It's generally recognized most guns shoot better close to or into the lands than jumping. <font color="red"> [b] BUT THIS IS A EXCEEDING BAD IDEA [/b] </font> for Long Range Hunting as Festus says, when you eject the cartridge the bullet stays in the barrel and powder goes everywhere. It's a real mess to get out, and if you don't get it all out you will damage your ejector. Don't ask me how I know this. [/QUOTE]
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