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Oal guage????
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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 270047" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p>I bought several of those Max OAL measuring devices. Have returned to the use of a rod, as Mike describes. It's easy to do alone IF you have a gun cleaning vise to secure the rifle in.</p><p> </p><p>Hardwood dowel rods in the right diameter are better than a cleaning rod, IMHO. I have one for each bore size I need, sanded smoooth and given a couple of coats of polyurethane to seal the wood against oil and make it easy to wipe clean.</p><p> </p><p>It's impossible, in a strict sense, to mark (with a knife blade) the rod precisely and then to read it precisely, I mean withing a thousant or two, but that's really not neccessary for what we need to do. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Few factory sporter rifles shoot their best ON the lands, most shoot best from .025" to as much as .125" off the lands. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>There is, usually, a range of seating maybe .015" wide that the gun won't see any difference in. I find and seat in the middle of that range and never worry about a few thousants of "error" one way or the other. I suspect that seating on the ragged edge of that range is at least a part of what causes flyers.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 270047, member: 9215"] I bought several of those Max OAL measuring devices. Have returned to the use of a rod, as Mike describes. It's easy to do alone IF you have a gun cleaning vise to secure the rifle in. Hardwood dowel rods in the right diameter are better than a cleaning rod, IMHO. I have one for each bore size I need, sanded smoooth and given a couple of coats of polyurethane to seal the wood against oil and make it easy to wipe clean. It's impossible, in a strict sense, to mark (with a knife blade) the rod precisely and then to read it precisely, I mean withing a thousant or two, but that's really not neccessary for what we need to do. [B]Few factory sporter rifles shoot their best ON the lands, most shoot best from .025" to as much as .125" off the lands. [/B] [B]There is, usually, a range of seating maybe .015" wide that the gun won't see any difference in. I find and seat in the middle of that range and never worry about a few thousants of "error" one way or the other. I suspect that seating on the ragged edge of that range is at least a part of what causes flyers.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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