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How far can I expect to shoot with this load?
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<blockquote data-quote="PowellSixO" data-source="post: 789176" data-attributes="member: 66495"><p>Ok thanks. What I did was, I took a once fired case and cut a slit in the neck. This allowed the case to just hold a bullet (but also allowed it to slide up and down in the neck). I would put the round at 3.750" and chamber the round. Then I would extract it and measure it. This allowed the bullet to touch the lands, stop, and slide back into the case. I did it 20 times. About 15 out of the 20 times it measured exactly 3.425". The other 5 times it was off by .005" + or -, and that may have been because I bumped the round when extracting it. I feel this is a fairly accurate way to measure my COAL for a round that's just touching the lands. An old timer told me how to do this. What do you guys think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PowellSixO, post: 789176, member: 66495"] Ok thanks. What I did was, I took a once fired case and cut a slit in the neck. This allowed the case to just hold a bullet (but also allowed it to slide up and down in the neck). I would put the round at 3.750" and chamber the round. Then I would extract it and measure it. This allowed the bullet to touch the lands, stop, and slide back into the case. I did it 20 times. About 15 out of the 20 times it measured exactly 3.425". The other 5 times it was off by .005" + or -, and that may have been because I bumped the round when extracting it. I feel this is a fairly accurate way to measure my COAL for a round that's just touching the lands. An old timer told me how to do this. What do you guys think? [/QUOTE]
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