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The misleading part is where they put the diameter at 0.295" (as opposed to 0.300" or 0.308" diameter).
The real benefit is getting the base of the bullet out of the powder column and also getting the bearing surface of the bullet at or above the neck/shoulder junction of the case.I can say with a pretty high level of certainty that APR really only uses the SAAMI Reamer on their 30 Nosler haha - mainly because Jimmy over there can not even find the print for the 230 to see what the freebore is
He thinks their 230 reamer is around .190 - .210 FB and his best estimate is .196.
I mean I guess at the end of the day that is still better than SAAMI at .110, right?
Can someone explain what the real benefit of having this additional freebore is?
Appreciate the response! I guess that makes sense. So, would you agree that the .196 estimate (he does not know for sure lol) is better than the SAAMI of .110? I know ideal for 30 Nosler is around .200 - .220
That is what I figured.. This is my first real custom build so the entire freebore and language seems foreign to me haha.
Personally, I don't know that 200 to 220 is ideal. In my opinion, what is ideal is depending upon which specific bullet you plan to shoot. For my application 200 to 220 would be too much free bore.
As long as the gun likes the bullet, pretty much strictly Berger 215's - heck I have bought 1,000 of them for this rifle lol.
The Berger 215 will have a pretty good jump (slightly more than ~0.030-0.050) at 0.200"-0.220" freebore if you load the bullet bearing surface at the neck/shoulder junction.
So do you think this is to much freebore for a Berger 215? From many other online, .200 to .220 seems to be the sweet spot for this bullet
Too much freebore? I can't really answer that. Lots are doing 0.200"-0.230" freebore Personally, for that Berger 215, I'd prefer less. However, seems a lot are doing more, as would I if I were shooting the Nosler 210 ABLR, or the Hornady 212 ELDX, or the Berger 230.
Those numbers seem to be much closer to @Longtine88s. I am guessing that both of you have the SAAMI reamer, but idk
I know for a fact mine is based off of my conversations with the guys when I specd it out (which oddly seems like a vastly different experience than you are having for some reason). When I talked to Robert about that specifically I agreed that the SAMMI chamber was fine and if I didn't get the performance then I would have them recut a deeper throat.
