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<blockquote data-quote="Boozer" data-source="post: 1105089" data-attributes="member: 22146"><p>I have a rem 700 that I have been working on for quite a while. You can check some of my previous posts to see how much I have done. Literally everything short of a rebarrel, and now I wish that's where I had started.</p><p></p><p>My most recent venture was to start handloading. I've been reading up on handloading for nearly a year, and finally bought a hornady kit and was going to give it a go. I got to the point where I was trying to measure the seating depth. I actually came up with my own jig. It's similar in concept to the hornady system. Below is the picture of my first attempt. This is once fired brass that is at near zero headspace, and a Berger classic hunter. I repeated the test 3-4 times with different bullets each time. All bullets measured with reasonable tolerance to .308. This rifle has been used primarily as a hunting rifle, and has maybe seen 300 rounds in 10 years.</p><p></p><p>I have a factory remington round that I measured for reference, CBTO is 2.575, which let's assume is at least somewhat close to the rifling. It's hard to be exact, but my measurement is closer to 3.60. That's over an inch of jump! How is this even possible! Someone please tell me I'm losing my marbles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boozer, post: 1105089, member: 22146"] I have a rem 700 that I have been working on for quite a while. You can check some of my previous posts to see how much I have done. Literally everything short of a rebarrel, and now I wish that's where I had started. My most recent venture was to start handloading. I've been reading up on handloading for nearly a year, and finally bought a hornady kit and was going to give it a go. I got to the point where I was trying to measure the seating depth. I actually came up with my own jig. It's similar in concept to the hornady system. Below is the picture of my first attempt. This is once fired brass that is at near zero headspace, and a Berger classic hunter. I repeated the test 3-4 times with different bullets each time. All bullets measured with reasonable tolerance to .308. This rifle has been used primarily as a hunting rifle, and has maybe seen 300 rounds in 10 years. I have a factory remington round that I measured for reference, CBTO is 2.575, which let's assume is at least somewhat close to the rifling. It's hard to be exact, but my measurement is closer to 3.60. That's over an inch of jump! How is this even possible! Someone please tell me I'm losing my marbles. [/QUOTE]
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