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How accurate should COL be?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Thomas" data-source="post: 556463" data-attributes="member: 15748"><p>Siegrisj,</p><p> </p><p>The dies <u>are</u> adjustable, and I'll bet you that they <u>aren't</u> varying a bit. The bullets are another matter. From what you've described, I'd say the ogives are varying on you, and that's what's showing up when you measure them. Remember, the seating plug hits the ogive far closer to the meplat than the major diameter where your gage is checking the ogive. Whatever variation there is in the bullets, is probably what you're seeing when you take the measurments. I'd suggest trying Bergers or (dare I say) Lapuas and see if that doesn't drastically reduce these measurments. Not all manufacturers pay as close attention as they should to base/ogive variation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Thomas, post: 556463, member: 15748"] Siegrisj, The dies [U]are[/U] adjustable, and I'll bet you that they [U]aren't[/U] varying a bit. The bullets are another matter. From what you've described, I'd say the ogives are varying on you, and that's what's showing up when you measure them. Remember, the seating plug hits the ogive far closer to the meplat than the major diameter where your gage is checking the ogive. Whatever variation there is in the bullets, is probably what you're seeing when you take the measurments. I'd suggest trying Bergers or (dare I say) Lapuas and see if that doesn't drastically reduce these measurments. Not all manufacturers pay as close attention as they should to base/ogive variation. [/QUOTE]
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