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Lapua 139's jump or no?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 156188" data-attributes="member: 10"><p><strong>Re: Lapua 139\'s jump or no?</strong></p><p></p><p>Most match type bullets on average will shoot the most consistantly seated into the lands to some degree or at least touching. I would suspect this bullet will be the same.</p><p></p><p>25 thou into the lands is pretty deep unless your running lower neck tensions and the bullets are being seated by the lands when you chamber the round in the rifle. THis is also common practice with some BR shooters but you have to be careful not to run your neck tension to tight.</p><p></p><p>You do not want a serious preload on a bolt when you chamber a round. Even in a perfectly built rifle this is not desired so if your running your bullets that deep, I would hope your neck tensions are not overly tight to allow the bullet to be seated by the lands.</p><p></p><p>If it were me I would load then 5 thou into the lands to start with. This will just show a slight mark on the ogive from the lands. Start there and play around with it.</p><p></p><p>Kirby Allen(50)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 156188, member: 10"] [b]Re: Lapua 139\'s jump or no?[/b] Most match type bullets on average will shoot the most consistantly seated into the lands to some degree or at least touching. I would suspect this bullet will be the same. 25 thou into the lands is pretty deep unless your running lower neck tensions and the bullets are being seated by the lands when you chamber the round in the rifle. THis is also common practice with some BR shooters but you have to be careful not to run your neck tension to tight. You do not want a serious preload on a bolt when you chamber a round. Even in a perfectly built rifle this is not desired so if your running your bullets that deep, I would hope your neck tensions are not overly tight to allow the bullet to be seated by the lands. If it were me I would load then 5 thou into the lands to start with. This will just show a slight mark on the ogive from the lands. Start there and play around with it. Kirby Allen(50) [/QUOTE]
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