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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 109167" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> You're making this much harder than it is. Just set 3 rounds really long. Force the bolt shut on all of them and then measure the overall length. From that average set your seater to seat your bullets .010" longer than your average. Done deal. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>I have to disagree here. Not saying who is right or who is wrong but:</p><p></p><p>Crushing bullets into the rifling and then adding .010" more is a techniqe that would leave you with an indiscriminant amount of bullet intrusion into the rifling. It would vary quite a bit depending on the neck tension, neck cleanliness and the amount of bullet shank that is in contact with the case neck.</p><p></p><p>Typically, .010" of jam (or crush fit) means .010" longer than a loaded round that just touches the rifling. A loaded round that is .010" more than a maximum crush fit could be any length at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 109167, member: 313"] [ QUOTE ] You're making this much harder than it is. Just set 3 rounds really long. Force the bolt shut on all of them and then measure the overall length. From that average set your seater to seat your bullets .010" longer than your average. Done deal. [/ QUOTE ] I have to disagree here. Not saying who is right or who is wrong but: Crushing bullets into the rifling and then adding .010" more is a techniqe that would leave you with an indiscriminant amount of bullet intrusion into the rifling. It would vary quite a bit depending on the neck tension, neck cleanliness and the amount of bullet shank that is in contact with the case neck. Typically, .010" of jam (or crush fit) means .010" longer than a loaded round that just touches the rifling. A loaded round that is .010" more than a maximum crush fit could be any length at all. [/QUOTE]
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