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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
bullets, so many to chooce from so little time
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<blockquote data-quote="Hired Gun" data-source="post: 126023" data-attributes="member: 1290"><p>When I first set up to load an unknown rifle I just barely seat 3 bullets. I then close them up in the gun to get what I call my jam length. I measure the 3 and either use the shortest or an aveverage of the 3. This is the actual length to the rifling. I then set up my seater to one of my dummies. Then I turn the seater down an additional 1/4 turn. This is about .015" off the rifling. This is where I always start a rifle if I can. Most of the time this length will not fit the magazine so I just keep running the seater down until a full magazine will function well. Some of my most accurate set ups are near .400" from the rifling. I don't really worry about the distance to the rifling as long as I'm not jammed into them or the rifle is not shooting well. For a varmint rig I have found as long as I have .125" gripping the bullet in the case I don't have any trouble when it comes to how little in the case can I get away with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hired Gun, post: 126023, member: 1290"] When I first set up to load an unknown rifle I just barely seat 3 bullets. I then close them up in the gun to get what I call my jam length. I measure the 3 and either use the shortest or an aveverage of the 3. This is the actual length to the rifling. I then set up my seater to one of my dummies. Then I turn the seater down an additional 1/4 turn. This is about .015" off the rifling. This is where I always start a rifle if I can. Most of the time this length will not fit the magazine so I just keep running the seater down until a full magazine will function well. Some of my most accurate set ups are near .400" from the rifling. I don't really worry about the distance to the rifling as long as I'm not jammed into them or the rifle is not shooting well. For a varmint rig I have found as long as I have .125" gripping the bullet in the case I don't have any trouble when it comes to how little in the case can I get away with. [/QUOTE]
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