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how do you measure your loaded ammo?
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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 310885" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p>"Alright, I'm pretty sure you're both stoned...Have either of you developed a load in your lives? OAL can very important to accuracy. Certainly you must know this. "</p><p> </p><p>My, my, a bit cocky aren't we? It is to chuckle.</p><p> </p><p>Yeah, in some 45 + years of doing this, I've found maybe a couple good loads anyway. Having enough land for my own private range for the last 21 years has helped, a little. Probably not done as many or as accurate loads as you commonly obtain, but who has? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p> </p><p><em>But, in our defense, feeble as we may be,</em> no one suggested that OAL is irrelivant, that's your imaginative reading something that wasn't said. (Seems LOTS of "web experts" like to do that!) </p><p> </p><p>The question isn't if it matters but just how precise need the seating depth be and how much variation matters in a sporting rifle with a factory barrel and chamber when using off-the-shelf bullets. Do you know? </p><p> </p><p>In the few (lucky, perhaps?) accurate loads I've stumbled onto in my few and limited experiments, I've found that there is a "window", or range, of OAL that shoots quite well. Variations within that range are transperant on target. Yes, if I seat on the ragged edge of that range small variations outside it CAN make a noticible difference. But I'm just a dumb ol' fogey so I don't test my skill that way, and being somewhat simple minded too, I just load in the middle of the effective range so small length variations won't matter and hobble along on my way.</p><p> </p><p>Unlike Clark, none of my factory rifle's throats are short enough to permit seating into the lands with the bullets I prefer. I seat from .030" to as much as .200" off the lands but I would NEVER be so silly as to suggest his methods don't work well for him, I'll leave THAT to YOU! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p><p> </p><p>Be careful of them "stones" kid, you may trip your little self! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 310885, member: 9215"] "Alright, I'm pretty sure you're both stoned...Have either of you developed a load in your lives? OAL can very important to accuracy. Certainly you must know this. " My, my, a bit cocky aren't we? It is to chuckle. Yeah, in some 45 + years of doing this, I've found maybe a couple good loads anyway. Having enough land for my own private range for the last 21 years has helped, a little. Probably not done as many or as accurate loads as you commonly obtain, but who has? :rolleyes: [I]But, in our defense, feeble as we may be,[/I] no one suggested that OAL is irrelivant, that's your imaginative reading something that wasn't said. (Seems LOTS of "web experts" like to do that!) The question isn't if it matters but just how precise need the seating depth be and how much variation matters in a sporting rifle with a factory barrel and chamber when using off-the-shelf bullets. Do you know? In the few (lucky, perhaps?) accurate loads I've stumbled onto in my few and limited experiments, I've found that there is a "window", or range, of OAL that shoots quite well. Variations within that range are transperant on target. Yes, if I seat on the ragged edge of that range small variations outside it CAN make a noticible difference. But I'm just a dumb ol' fogey so I don't test my skill that way, and being somewhat simple minded too, I just load in the middle of the effective range so small length variations won't matter and hobble along on my way. Unlike Clark, none of my factory rifle's throats are short enough to permit seating into the lands with the bullets I prefer. I seat from .030" to as much as .200" off the lands but I would NEVER be so silly as to suggest his methods don't work well for him, I'll leave THAT to YOU! :cool: Be careful of them "stones" kid, you may trip your little self! :D [/QUOTE]
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