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Finding the Lands
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<blockquote data-quote="Reloader" data-source="post: 522651" data-attributes="member: 2555"><p>I doubt you'll get anywhere close with 168VLDs unless you want to shoot them one at a time. The mag length is a killer in quite a few stock rifles.</p><p></p><p>To me the easiest way for a beginning reloader to find his lands is with a hardwood dowel. Remove your bolt, point the muzzle down, drop a bullet in the chamber from that particular lot, slide a cleaning rod in until you contact the base of the bullet, slide the dowel in the bore from the muzzle until it contacts the tip of the bullet, work the bullet back and forth lightly between the cleaning rod and the dowel by pressing both ways gently and holding slight pressure against the bullet with each(you'll feel it bumping the lands), then while holding very gentle pressure against the base with the rod, slide a razor across the muzzle and make a light notch in the dowel. Now remove the bullet and cleaning rod, insert your bolt, close the bolt, slide the dowel on into the muzzle until you contact the bolt face, and make another mark with the razor on the dowel. Now measure between the two razor marks and that's your land measure for that particular bullet. Use that exact bullet to make a dummy round the length you desire by shortening the length you want off the lands. Use this die setting to seat the rest of your test loads at that length. Do it all over again on the next lot of bullets.</p><p></p><p>It sounds worse than it is, it's actually quite easy for a new reloader.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps,</p><p></p><p>Reloader</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reloader, post: 522651, member: 2555"] I doubt you'll get anywhere close with 168VLDs unless you want to shoot them one at a time. The mag length is a killer in quite a few stock rifles. To me the easiest way for a beginning reloader to find his lands is with a hardwood dowel. Remove your bolt, point the muzzle down, drop a bullet in the chamber from that particular lot, slide a cleaning rod in until you contact the base of the bullet, slide the dowel in the bore from the muzzle until it contacts the tip of the bullet, work the bullet back and forth lightly between the cleaning rod and the dowel by pressing both ways gently and holding slight pressure against the bullet with each(you'll feel it bumping the lands), then while holding very gentle pressure against the base with the rod, slide a razor across the muzzle and make a light notch in the dowel. Now remove the bullet and cleaning rod, insert your bolt, close the bolt, slide the dowel on into the muzzle until you contact the bolt face, and make another mark with the razor on the dowel. Now measure between the two razor marks and that's your land measure for that particular bullet. Use that exact bullet to make a dummy round the length you desire by shortening the length you want off the lands. Use this die setting to seat the rest of your test loads at that length. Do it all over again on the next lot of bullets. It sounds worse than it is, it's actually quite easy for a new reloader. Hope that helps, Reloader [/QUOTE]
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