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<blockquote data-quote="detoff" data-source="post: 2752832" data-attributes="member: 120697"><p>Lots of factors to consider, I've often read people throating for the specific bullet they want to use. While there's merit to that, I prefer to leave options open given component availability these days. In my creedmoor, the 100gr ELD-Ms are barely in the case mouth to get them within a few thousandths from the lands. Infact I can pluck out the bullet with my fingers with ease. In this case it would be nice for no freebore as I like their performance on squirrels/prairie dogs, but then I would have to really set the 130s and up deep. I guess I'd start with getting a mag length and seating a few dummy rounds to that length with the varieth of bullets you want to use. Will all the bullets seat sufficiently in the neck at that length? If they all don't seat far enough in I'd adjust the dummy rounds to an acceptable seating depth Then I'd get out the case base to ogive tool and take some measurements. Then I'd look for an acceptable throat length (0-whatever) that could accomodate them all... For example you may need to seat the 135s deeper than you might usually to be at zero freebore, but it leaves the 100gr. pills seated in the neck deep enough to still be within acceptable distances. I may be suggesting what you've already written above. Are you planning on hunting with this, varmints, targets? Or all of the above? These AR10s can be beasts when all set up, I have taken mine on a couple walks for deer, but I much prefer it off a bench or prone shooting small things a long way off. I guess the point to that is I'd work within the intended use bullet wise as well. I've been pretty happy with the 130 TMK, though I can't find any currently so I'm gonna see how the 130 ELD-Ms do in comparison. Like I said I loved the 100's for their explosive performance, but have to either seat them too far out, or jump them quite a ways.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="detoff, post: 2752832, member: 120697"] Lots of factors to consider, I've often read people throating for the specific bullet they want to use. While there's merit to that, I prefer to leave options open given component availability these days. In my creedmoor, the 100gr ELD-Ms are barely in the case mouth to get them within a few thousandths from the lands. Infact I can pluck out the bullet with my fingers with ease. In this case it would be nice for no freebore as I like their performance on squirrels/prairie dogs, but then I would have to really set the 130s and up deep. I guess I'd start with getting a mag length and seating a few dummy rounds to that length with the varieth of bullets you want to use. Will all the bullets seat sufficiently in the neck at that length? If they all don't seat far enough in I'd adjust the dummy rounds to an acceptable seating depth Then I'd get out the case base to ogive tool and take some measurements. Then I'd look for an acceptable throat length (0-whatever) that could accomodate them all... For example you may need to seat the 135s deeper than you might usually to be at zero freebore, but it leaves the 100gr. pills seated in the neck deep enough to still be within acceptable distances. I may be suggesting what you've already written above. Are you planning on hunting with this, varmints, targets? Or all of the above? These AR10s can be beasts when all set up, I have taken mine on a couple walks for deer, but I much prefer it off a bench or prone shooting small things a long way off. I guess the point to that is I'd work within the intended use bullet wise as well. I've been pretty happy with the 130 TMK, though I can't find any currently so I'm gonna see how the 130 ELD-Ms do in comparison. Like I said I loved the 100's for their explosive performance, but have to either seat them too far out, or jump them quite a ways. [/QUOTE]
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