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Throat too short in my .30-.378 ?
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<blockquote data-quote="robbor" data-source="post: 176390" data-attributes="member: 1420"><p><strong>To many Qs</strong></p><p></p><p>When you are talking about the normal feebore and then add long VLD id think they would do fine. But you got a short throat, which is what i would do. Isnt 30-378 a huge honkin cartridge that you dont noramlly use all the case capacity anyways? I thing with berger or similar you will be seated to a longer OAL because of the olgive of the bullet. Reduction in cartridge capacity normally adds to efficiency, so id would not worry about this setup until you get bergers. The only concern would be if you are shooting a really tight neck chambering you could get doughnuts and maybe cause problems. I would not worry about being below the shoulder at all. I bet it will do fine and the long barrel will work fine with your chamber. If after shooting and chronographing its not showing what you want you can have it throated. </p><p>I think it will be fine though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robbor, post: 176390, member: 1420"] [b]To many Qs[/b] When you are talking about the normal feebore and then add long VLD id think they would do fine. But you got a short throat, which is what i would do. Isnt 30-378 a huge honkin cartridge that you dont noramlly use all the case capacity anyways? I thing with berger or similar you will be seated to a longer OAL because of the olgive of the bullet. Reduction in cartridge capacity normally adds to efficiency, so id would not worry about this setup until you get bergers. The only concern would be if you are shooting a really tight neck chambering you could get doughnuts and maybe cause problems. I would not worry about being below the shoulder at all. I bet it will do fine and the long barrel will work fine with your chamber. If after shooting and chronographing its not showing what you want you can have it throated. I think it will be fine though. [/QUOTE]
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