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Finding COL procedure question...
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<blockquote data-quote="Iclimb" data-source="post: 837046" data-attributes="member: 70322"><p>I use a cleaning rod. Now you have to plug the end so it doesn't slip over your bullet or if you let it slip over you bullet you have to mark the bullet, Do a little math to figure out how far it's moving. I used the plastic jag and then I cut off the part for the patch basically to plug the hole in the end of the cleaning rod. Now put your Bolt in your gun and squeeze the trigger so the firing pin is not cocked (Unload it, of course) Stick the cleaning rod down the end of the barrel so it touches the bolt face and make a mark with a sharpie on the cleaning rod where the end of your barrel is. Now take the bullet that you are using with no case, remove your bolt and put the bullet in the barrel use a pencil to push it so it touches the lands. With the bullet on the lands and slight pressure on the pencil holding it their, insert the cleaning rod back down the barrel until it touches the bullet, you can push it out of the lands and push it back so you get it right where you want it, then make a mark on the cleaning rod again at the end of the barrel.</p><p></p><p>This distance between the two marks on your cleaning rod should be your coal, to the lands. It's pretty simple, it's the same principle that the Frankfurt arsenal kit uses which in my opinion is a better setup than the Hornaday, but...</p><p></p><p>You can do this with each type of bullet that you plan on using and that should give you a great place to start, on the lands of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iclimb, post: 837046, member: 70322"] I use a cleaning rod. Now you have to plug the end so it doesn't slip over your bullet or if you let it slip over you bullet you have to mark the bullet, Do a little math to figure out how far it's moving. I used the plastic jag and then I cut off the part for the patch basically to plug the hole in the end of the cleaning rod. Now put your Bolt in your gun and squeeze the trigger so the firing pin is not cocked (Unload it, of course) Stick the cleaning rod down the end of the barrel so it touches the bolt face and make a mark with a sharpie on the cleaning rod where the end of your barrel is. Now take the bullet that you are using with no case, remove your bolt and put the bullet in the barrel use a pencil to push it so it touches the lands. With the bullet on the lands and slight pressure on the pencil holding it their, insert the cleaning rod back down the barrel until it touches the bullet, you can push it out of the lands and push it back so you get it right where you want it, then make a mark on the cleaning rod again at the end of the barrel. This distance between the two marks on your cleaning rod should be your coal, to the lands. It's pretty simple, it's the same principle that the Frankfurt arsenal kit uses which in my opinion is a better setup than the Hornaday, but... You can do this with each type of bullet that you plan on using and that should give you a great place to start, on the lands of course. [/QUOTE]
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