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Proper Twist 300 WM ?
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<blockquote data-quote="statjunk" data-source="post: 379556" data-attributes="member: 18873"><p>I'm going to need a little bit of help here to make sure I don't screw this up.</p><p></p><p>I'm building a rig that will be a good bench rifle and a good hunting rifle. So ideally not perfect for either.</p><p></p><p>I've had success with the Nosler Accubonds so I figured I'd set it up for those. They are also semi-reasonable in price. I want a flat shooting cartridge which is why I'm leaning towards the lighter bullets 165 and 180gr. I hear the 208gr Horndady A-Max have a really high BC so figured I'd try to see if I could squeeze those in there as well.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday I set up some dummy cartridges with an OAL of 3.85" so that I can seat the bullets in the magazine. I did this with 165gr and 180gr Accubonds.</p><p></p><p>I was very surprised with something that I learned. Both dummies measure the same to ogive. I was very surprised since they have the same oal. I always thought the variance among different weight bullets was from the ogive to the tip. Not the ogive to the base.</p><p></p><p>I'm really not sure of the true impact of my discovery. I know now that the 180gr bullet is stuffed further into the case. It almost seems to me that in order to take advantage of a cartride case capacity that one would want to use a magnum action with the larger magazine well so that bullets can be loaded to where just the caliber is in the case neck.</p><p></p><p>I'd really appreciate it if folks could chime in.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p><p></p><p>Tom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="statjunk, post: 379556, member: 18873"] I'm going to need a little bit of help here to make sure I don't screw this up. I'm building a rig that will be a good bench rifle and a good hunting rifle. So ideally not perfect for either. I've had success with the Nosler Accubonds so I figured I'd set it up for those. They are also semi-reasonable in price. I want a flat shooting cartridge which is why I'm leaning towards the lighter bullets 165 and 180gr. I hear the 208gr Horndady A-Max have a really high BC so figured I'd try to see if I could squeeze those in there as well. Yesterday I set up some dummy cartridges with an OAL of 3.85" so that I can seat the bullets in the magazine. I did this with 165gr and 180gr Accubonds. I was very surprised with something that I learned. Both dummies measure the same to ogive. I was very surprised since they have the same oal. I always thought the variance among different weight bullets was from the ogive to the tip. Not the ogive to the base. I'm really not sure of the true impact of my discovery. I know now that the 180gr bullet is stuffed further into the case. It almost seems to me that in order to take advantage of a cartride case capacity that one would want to use a magnum action with the larger magazine well so that bullets can be loaded to where just the caliber is in the case neck. I'd really appreciate it if folks could chime in. Thanks Tom [/QUOTE]
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