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<blockquote data-quote="Gus McCrae" data-source="post: 835449" data-attributes="member: 66278"><p>I would imagine the Barnes bullets are bit longer than the Noslers, and if your rifle has a short throat, they might be getting jammed into the rifling. </p><p></p><p>Have you checked your chamber depth? For every different brand of bullet I reload, I like to know how deep to seat the bullet to where it just touches the rifling then I can seat deeper from there to get the jump I want.</p><p></p><p>If you can get your hands on an OAL gauge, that is the easiest way to check, otherwise do the following:</p><p></p><p> Take a fired casing (not sized - no primer) and just barely dent one side of the case mouth to where a bullet will stay put but can still be moved with a little force. Insert the bullet into the case mouth just enough to hold it, blacken the bullet from the case to the top of the bullet with a Sharpie, carefully insert the round into the chamber, slowly close and then open the bolt. </p><p> The dented case should leave a scratch on the bullet. Reseat the bullet to where the scratch stops and measure the round. That should be your cartridge overall length to the rifling for that bullet. I would try it 4-5 times to get a consistent measurement.</p><p></p><p>I shoot TSX's in 2 rifles and they like a pretty good jump. Reloads for both rifles are seated with a 0.100'' jump to the rifling, both with good groups and velocity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gus McCrae, post: 835449, member: 66278"] I would imagine the Barnes bullets are bit longer than the Noslers, and if your rifle has a short throat, they might be getting jammed into the rifling. Have you checked your chamber depth? For every different brand of bullet I reload, I like to know how deep to seat the bullet to where it just touches the rifling then I can seat deeper from there to get the jump I want. If you can get your hands on an OAL gauge, that is the easiest way to check, otherwise do the following: Take a fired casing (not sized - no primer) and just barely dent one side of the case mouth to where a bullet will stay put but can still be moved with a little force. Insert the bullet into the case mouth just enough to hold it, blacken the bullet from the case to the top of the bullet with a Sharpie, carefully insert the round into the chamber, slowly close and then open the bolt. The dented case should leave a scratch on the bullet. Reseat the bullet to where the scratch stops and measure the round. That should be your cartridge overall length to the rifling for that bullet. I would try it 4-5 times to get a consistent measurement. I shoot TSX's in 2 rifles and they like a pretty good jump. Reloads for both rifles are seated with a 0.100'' jump to the rifling, both with good groups and velocity. [/QUOTE]
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