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6.5x284 Norma Chamber Question
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<blockquote data-quote="Jacobhunsaker1" data-source="post: 1481740" data-attributes="member: 89787"><p>[ATTACH=full]105511[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]105511[/ATTACH] I just had a rifle built in a 6.5x284 Norma that I plan on using as a hunting rifle in Arizona. I had Pac-Nor build the barrel and do the reciever work. I had the choice of doing a .060 or .188 freeborn and went with the .060 as I am planning on using 130 & 140 grain Nosler Accubonds and 129 & 142 Accubond long range depending on what the rifle likes. My issue is I loaded 130 grain accubond to the O.A.C.L listed length of 2.980, which gives me a length of 2.458 to the ogive, which is .083 longer than the lands depth. The 129 ABLR loaded to the listed O.A.C.L. Of 2.980 comes out to 2.365 to the ogive, which puts that bullet .016 off of the lands. My question is do I seat the bullets deeper and call it good or do I send the barreled reciever back to PAC-Nor and have the free bore set deeper.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jacobhunsaker1, post: 1481740, member: 89787"] [ATTACH=full]105511[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]105511[/ATTACH] I just had a rifle built in a 6.5x284 Norma that I plan on using as a hunting rifle in Arizona. I had Pac-Nor build the barrel and do the reciever work. I had the choice of doing a .060 or .188 freeborn and went with the .060 as I am planning on using 130 & 140 grain Nosler Accubonds and 129 & 142 Accubond long range depending on what the rifle likes. My issue is I loaded 130 grain accubond to the O.A.C.L listed length of 2.980, which gives me a length of 2.458 to the ogive, which is .083 longer than the lands depth. The 129 ABLR loaded to the listed O.A.C.L. Of 2.980 comes out to 2.365 to the ogive, which puts that bullet .016 off of the lands. My question is do I seat the bullets deeper and call it good or do I send the barreled reciever back to PAC-Nor and have the free bore set deeper. [/QUOTE]
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