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<blockquote data-quote="Timeout" data-source="post: 1146815" data-attributes="member: 50852"><p>Pehaps getting off topic, but the bullet length that matters with regards to accuracy is "Base to Ogive". This is the measurement from base of the bullet to where the bullet touches the lands of your barrel. As little as .002" can affect point of impact (group size) on the target. Changing the distance of where the ogive is with regards to the lands is one of the most important aspects to "tuning" a load for your rifle. My experience with Berger bullets is that 98 out of 100 will be within +- .001" with regards to Base to Ogive measurement. This refers to bullets from within the same lot #. Different lot #'s will vary in base to ogive length from lot to lot. As for tips of the bullets, I do know that a lot of 1000 yard target shooters rework the tips to achieve the utmost uniformity. Google metplat trimmers. Were this not a Long Range Hunting forum, I would not mention any of this. At 100 yards shooting big game it won't make a hill of beans. Stretch it out to 300 or more and we're talking not only clean kill or wounded, but hit or miss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timeout, post: 1146815, member: 50852"] Pehaps getting off topic, but the bullet length that matters with regards to accuracy is "Base to Ogive". This is the measurement from base of the bullet to where the bullet touches the lands of your barrel. As little as .002" can affect point of impact (group size) on the target. Changing the distance of where the ogive is with regards to the lands is one of the most important aspects to "tuning" a load for your rifle. My experience with Berger bullets is that 98 out of 100 will be within +- .001" with regards to Base to Ogive measurement. This refers to bullets from within the same lot #. Different lot #'s will vary in base to ogive length from lot to lot. As for tips of the bullets, I do know that a lot of 1000 yard target shooters rework the tips to achieve the utmost uniformity. Google metplat trimmers. Were this not a Long Range Hunting forum, I would not mention any of this. At 100 yards shooting big game it won't make a hill of beans. Stretch it out to 300 or more and we're talking not only clean kill or wounded, but hit or miss. [/QUOTE]
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