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Howa 308 OAL too long?
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<blockquote data-quote="Vleder" data-source="post: 662223" data-attributes="member: 27841"><p>Gents,</p><p>Just started the reloading game and last night a buddy and me started out (he has been reloading and was helping me). We measured my Howa Supreme Varminter 308 win with Sinclair seating gauge and Hornay Lock n Load gauge and got the following (strange?) readings.</p><p></p><p> </p><p>(All were the average of several readings, in some case 6 -10 just to double check)</p><p>Lapua (new) cases.</p><p> </p><p>Nosler Accubond 150g - 1.220 inch</p><p>Sinclair and Hornady throat readings - 1.719 and 2.939 respectively, thus</p><p>OAL 1.220 + 1.719 = 2.939 (as confirmed by Hornady reading)</p><p>Thus COAL 2.939 - 0.020 (back off for safety starting load) = 2.919 COAL???</p><p> </p><p>This seems excessively long for a 308 150g load? Is there any danger in this length? Pressure? Compared to a "standard" length of 2.810? Did we do someting wrong? Is it safe to load this or should I reduce length a bit more for starting load?</p><p>Same procedure gave COAL of 2.878 - 0.020 = 2.758 for Nosler Custom Comp 155g.</p><p>Anyone with similar experiences?</p><p>I searched on the web and it seems the Howa does have a fairly long throat so I guess if this is OK my question is is this COAL safe to use?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vleder, post: 662223, member: 27841"] Gents, Just started the reloading game and last night a buddy and me started out (he has been reloading and was helping me). We measured my Howa Supreme Varminter 308 win with Sinclair seating gauge and Hornay Lock n Load gauge and got the following (strange?) readings. (All were the average of several readings, in some case 6 -10 just to double check) Lapua (new) cases. Nosler Accubond 150g - 1.220 inch Sinclair and Hornady throat readings - 1.719 and 2.939 respectively, thus OAL 1.220 + 1.719 = 2.939 (as confirmed by Hornady reading) Thus COAL 2.939 - 0.020 (back off for safety starting load) = 2.919 COAL??? This seems excessively long for a 308 150g load? Is there any danger in this length? Pressure? Compared to a "standard" length of 2.810? Did we do someting wrong? Is it safe to load this or should I reduce length a bit more for starting load? Same procedure gave COAL of 2.878 - 0.020 = 2.758 for Nosler Custom Comp 155g. Anyone with similar experiences? I searched on the web and it seems the Howa does have a fairly long throat so I guess if this is OK my question is is this COAL safe to use? [/QUOTE]
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