Overall length of 28 nosler loaded with 180 or 195

[DSMITH1651]

Looking to find the overall length to figure out if my mag will work or not

 

[Mram10us]

195s, I'm at 3.720" coal but my reamer had a .240" freebore.

 

[WildRose]

Take this for what it's worth but after trying just about everything I finally started just loading everything to mag length, find a load that works well, then finally tweak on the OAL to get the best group possible.

It certainly seems like the shortest road I've found.

*Disclaimer, this assumes you don't have an extremely long magazine causing you to jam bullets deeply into the lands.

 

[Mram10us]

Take this for what it's worth but after trying just about everything I finally started just loading everything to mag length, find a load that works well, then finally tweak on the OAL to get the best group possible.

It certainly seems like the shortest road I've found.

*Disclaimer, this assumes you don't have an extremely long magazine causing you to jam bullets deeply into the lands.

My final load was 3.635" coal with 195s and fit the magazine. I've started loading mag length for ladder test too. There seem to be nodes at any length and any powder charge combo

 

[WildRose]

My final load was 3.635" coal with 195s and fit the magazine. I've started loading mag length for ladder test too. There seem to be nodes at any length and any powder charge combo

If you want to try a shortcut just do this.

Pick three or four loads with about .3 grains increments.

Find your best 3 shot group which is acceptable.

Then tweak the seating depth to see if you can tighten it up.

We can burn up a lot of barrels looking for perfection the traditional way in high velocity super and ultra mag's paticularly since it grows more important the more overbore you go.

 

[Len Backus]

Moving this to RELOADING forum