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Max COAL for Rifle Below SAAMI Max??
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<blockquote data-quote="Nvhunter92" data-source="post: 1390698" data-attributes="member: 101230"><p>So I took out the firing pin and ejector from my bolt and started to test the fit of a bullet in a hand loaded case with no powder or primer. I started really long and the bolt obviously wouldn't close but I worked down slowly and kept checking until it closed and opened with verily light pressure and then seated the bullet slightly deeper and the bolt closed and opened with no pressure at all. I came up with a max coal of 3.385" vs 3.267" using the hornady oal gauge. This makes much more sense as all the guns I've ever had have allowed for a coal over saami max. Just out of curiosity I used the oal guage with the same bullet I used with the new test and it came out at 3.268...so I'm just confused why there is over 1/10th of an inch difference but I'm going to trust the bolt closing method and go from there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nvhunter92, post: 1390698, member: 101230"] So I took out the firing pin and ejector from my bolt and started to test the fit of a bullet in a hand loaded case with no powder or primer. I started really long and the bolt obviously wouldn't close but I worked down slowly and kept checking until it closed and opened with verily light pressure and then seated the bullet slightly deeper and the bolt closed and opened with no pressure at all. I came up with a max coal of 3.385" vs 3.267" using the hornady oal gauge. This makes much more sense as all the guns I've ever had have allowed for a coal over saami max. Just out of curiosity I used the oal guage with the same bullet I used with the new test and it came out at 3.268...so I'm just confused why there is over 1/10th of an inch difference but I'm going to trust the bolt closing method and go from there. [/QUOTE]
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