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Hornady OAL Gauge is Driving me Crazy(er)!
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<blockquote data-quote="Patriot007" data-source="post: 2033024" data-attributes="member: 111276"><p>I agree with you some what on this issue. I measure each bullet to the ogive and group them. Then I weigh each group and break it down into ogive and weight groups. Yep, OCD... 2 weeks ago I sorted a box of 100, 6.5CM, Sierra 142gn HPBT bullets #1742 MatchKing. It broke down in to 3 ogive measurement groups, which broke down to 6 final groups after weighing them on my Sartorius scale. I'm pretty pleased with the out come of the grouping. I do it this way because the ogive group measurements make seating a breeze with the Forster Micro seating die. CONSITANT every time. I use the Sinclair bullet Sorting Stand and it's worth it's weight in gold, for this process.</p><p>Breaking them down again into weight groups keeps every thing consistent in flight to the point of impact on target.</p><p>Well, that sounds good on paper, but then kick in seating depth, and case neck seating pressure and hopefully you get the same POI. LOL I can't say anything about sierra bullets from the 1990s, but I find this bullet to be one of the best bullets for 6.5CM on the market today in 2020 That I have shot out of a factory barrel Howa 1500 26"Bull barrel, ZeroDelta 4 port Break. It's a tack driver.</p><p>One thing I have noticed over the years is this,, when I purchase bullets in bulk, "500rd boxes" from Sierra. The ogive spread and weight spread is all over the map. When I order the same bullets in 100rd boxes the ratio is a lot tighter. I know, the idea of ordering in bulk is to get every thing from the same lot number. Well consistency goes out the window in bulk. I'll take 5 boxes of 100, over 1 box of 500, in todays times. Maybe in todays times, Barnes will rub off on Sierra. Thanks for your input Sir, I find this info interesting to me.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]228502[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Patriot007, post: 2033024, member: 111276"] I agree with you some what on this issue. I measure each bullet to the ogive and group them. Then I weigh each group and break it down into ogive and weight groups. Yep, OCD... 2 weeks ago I sorted a box of 100, 6.5CM, Sierra 142gn HPBT bullets #1742 MatchKing. It broke down in to 3 ogive measurement groups, which broke down to 6 final groups after weighing them on my Sartorius scale. I'm pretty pleased with the out come of the grouping. I do it this way because the ogive group measurements make seating a breeze with the Forster Micro seating die. CONSITANT every time. I use the Sinclair bullet Sorting Stand and it's worth it's weight in gold, for this process. Breaking them down again into weight groups keeps every thing consistent in flight to the point of impact on target. Well, that sounds good on paper, but then kick in seating depth, and case neck seating pressure and hopefully you get the same POI. LOL I can't say anything about sierra bullets from the 1990s, but I find this bullet to be one of the best bullets for 6.5CM on the market today in 2020 That I have shot out of a factory barrel Howa 1500 26"Bull barrel, ZeroDelta 4 port Break. It's a tack driver. One thing I have noticed over the years is this,, when I purchase bullets in bulk, "500rd boxes" from Sierra. The ogive spread and weight spread is all over the map. When I order the same bullets in 100rd boxes the ratio is a lot tighter. I know, the idea of ordering in bulk is to get every thing from the same lot number. Well consistency goes out the window in bulk. I'll take 5 boxes of 100, over 1 box of 500, in todays times. Maybe in todays times, Barnes will rub off on Sierra. Thanks for your input Sir, I find this info interesting to me. [ATTACH=full]228502[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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