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<blockquote data-quote="James Jones" data-source="post: 195466" data-attributes="member: 8843"><p>alot of guys like to have at least one caliber size of bullet being held by the neck , like MM pointed out if you have a 30 cal rifle you want at least .300" of bullet BEARING surface in the neck , the boat tail doesen't count as its not touching anything. The reason for this is maximum stability for the bullet to keep it from being knocked out of alignment of falling in or out of the case. </p><p>Some cases , like the 300 win mag have short necks and alot of folks will swear that short necked rifles can't be accurate , thats clearly wrong as a long list of trophies that the 300 win has to its name.</p><p> </p><p>If your not to rough on your bullets you can seat them out as far as you like to obtain accuracy , the biggest factor is that they are strait , and the farther out they are with less neck holding them the easier it'll be for the bullet to get out of alignment.Some BR shooters (typicaly short range) that use flat base bullets have very little bullet in the neck and the bullets ar not fully seated in the case , the final seating comes when the round is chambered and the bullet is pushed back into the case by the lands , this is called soft seating.</p><p> </p><p>as for the seating depth , as a general rule of thumb mosty guns shoot with the bullet either just up to the lands or their close to them but guns Like weathery's are the exception as alot of them shoot very well and the bullet is nowhere close to the lands due to the free bore. You will generaly find that you will see pressure signs a bit sooner with the bullets seated into the lands also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Jones, post: 195466, member: 8843"] alot of guys like to have at least one caliber size of bullet being held by the neck , like MM pointed out if you have a 30 cal rifle you want at least .300" of bullet BEARING surface in the neck , the boat tail doesen't count as its not touching anything. The reason for this is maximum stability for the bullet to keep it from being knocked out of alignment of falling in or out of the case. Some cases , like the 300 win mag have short necks and alot of folks will swear that short necked rifles can't be accurate , thats clearly wrong as a long list of trophies that the 300 win has to its name. If your not to rough on your bullets you can seat them out as far as you like to obtain accuracy , the biggest factor is that they are strait , and the farther out they are with less neck holding them the easier it'll be for the bullet to get out of alignment.Some BR shooters (typicaly short range) that use flat base bullets have very little bullet in the neck and the bullets ar not fully seated in the case , the final seating comes when the round is chambered and the bullet is pushed back into the case by the lands , this is called soft seating. as for the seating depth , as a general rule of thumb mosty guns shoot with the bullet either just up to the lands or their close to them but guns Like weathery's are the exception as alot of them shoot very well and the bullet is nowhere close to the lands due to the free bore. You will generaly find that you will see pressure signs a bit sooner with the bullets seated into the lands also. [/QUOTE]
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