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OAL too long for magazine?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Thomas" data-source="post: 549914" data-attributes="member: 15748"><p>Scott,</p><p> </p><p>Can't be specific about the measurements without seeing the rifle and ammo themselves, but yes, the notion of having chamber length ammo not being able to fit a magazine is nothing new. Some combinations work pretty closely, while others will be off quite a bit. Sounds like yours is one of the latter. </p><p> </p><p>In some cases, such as the 223 in an AR-15 for most applications, you have some very hard guidelines that have to be followed. There, your OAL is 2.260" and not a bit longer if you're going to feed from a magazine. If you're going to single-load (as with long range or 600 yard stages) then the throat is what sets the dimensions. I load all my magazine ammo in this combination at around 2.250"-2.255" just to make sure there's no hang ups, but then load my 82 grain LR loads out to around 2.440" in my Wylde chambers.</p><p> </p><p>Before you start sweating this too much, try them at a length that will function in the magazine and see how it shoots. Many will ldo a lot better than most would assume, so this could be a moot point. If they don't shoot, you can either load them out and single load when shooting, or see about lengthening the magazine box to accomodate the longer OAL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Thomas, post: 549914, member: 15748"] Scott, Can't be specific about the measurements without seeing the rifle and ammo themselves, but yes, the notion of having chamber length ammo not being able to fit a magazine is nothing new. Some combinations work pretty closely, while others will be off quite a bit. Sounds like yours is one of the latter. In some cases, such as the 223 in an AR-15 for most applications, you have some very hard guidelines that have to be followed. There, your OAL is 2.260" and not a bit longer if you're going to feed from a magazine. If you're going to single-load (as with long range or 600 yard stages) then the throat is what sets the dimensions. I load all my magazine ammo in this combination at around 2.250"-2.255" just to make sure there's no hang ups, but then load my 82 grain LR loads out to around 2.440" in my Wylde chambers. Before you start sweating this too much, try them at a length that will function in the magazine and see how it shoots. Many will ldo a lot better than most would assume, so this could be a moot point. If they don't shoot, you can either load them out and single load when shooting, or see about lengthening the magazine box to accomodate the longer OAL. [/QUOTE]
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