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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
I assume this tool gives me distance to lands?
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<blockquote data-quote="Stob" data-source="post: 1090116" data-attributes="member: 90707"><p>Never change seating depth until the barrel is shot out? Really? Seriously? I guess accuracy means nothing to you. Seating depth and powder charge are the two biggest factors in accuracy to any rifle. Magazine restrictions aside, a rifle can benefit greatly by finding the seating depth it likes, and more often or not, the closer the bullet is to the lands, the better it will shoot. In a hunting situation, you wouldn't want the bullet jammed in the lands to the point the bullet pulls if you unload the rifle. But close may very well be more accurate. And there can be a significant change in accuracy with as little as .005" of seating depth. Accuracy beats velocity every time.</p><p></p><p>Common sense will tell you if you change a bullet, you need to retest. One thing Mike has said is true, the bullet ogive tool that Sinclair sells (measuring nut), is the way to measure seating depth, not by the tip of a bullet. By the way, this nut tool is made to BORE diameter of the caliber, which is in essence the lands, like the tool you have! Imagine that.</p><p></p><p>But you have to check the magazine fit and feeding if you seat bullets out. Some factory chambers have long throats and you may never reach the lands with lighter bullets. Factory chambers are made to swallow every factory loaded round out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stob, post: 1090116, member: 90707"] Never change seating depth until the barrel is shot out? Really? Seriously? I guess accuracy means nothing to you. Seating depth and powder charge are the two biggest factors in accuracy to any rifle. Magazine restrictions aside, a rifle can benefit greatly by finding the seating depth it likes, and more often or not, the closer the bullet is to the lands, the better it will shoot. In a hunting situation, you wouldn't want the bullet jammed in the lands to the point the bullet pulls if you unload the rifle. But close may very well be more accurate. And there can be a significant change in accuracy with as little as .005" of seating depth. Accuracy beats velocity every time. Common sense will tell you if you change a bullet, you need to retest. One thing Mike has said is true, the bullet ogive tool that Sinclair sells (measuring nut), is the way to measure seating depth, not by the tip of a bullet. By the way, this nut tool is made to BORE diameter of the caliber, which is in essence the lands, like the tool you have! Imagine that. But you have to check the magazine fit and feeding if you seat bullets out. Some factory chambers have long throats and you may never reach the lands with lighter bullets. Factory chambers are made to swallow every factory loaded round out there. [/QUOTE]
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