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seat vld's to the lands or off a bit?
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<blockquote data-quote="rufous" data-source="post: 27189" data-attributes="member: 122"><p><strong>Re: seat vld\'s to the lands or off a bit?</strong></p><p></p><p>S1, please elaborate on your comments. What do you mean by a properly designed chamber and what do you mean by into the lands? Would into the lands be 0.005" into them or 0.010" or what? I imagine it would be a matter of experimenting how much to go into the lands like we are used to varying how far off the lands. Also can you comment on neck tension. This is something I have not messed with, except that I have been using a Lee Factory Crimp Die on my 300 Win Mag. When seating into the lands would one want more neck tension? Finally does your statement that all guns with proper chambers should shoot their best with bullets into the lands apply only to target/varmint/vld type bullets or are you finding that it also applies to big game bullets? Are you a gunsmith? If not who does your gunsmithing? Thanks, Rufous.</p><p></p><p>[ 06-12-2003: Message edited by: rufous ]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rufous, post: 27189, member: 122"] [b]Re: seat vld\'s to the lands or off a bit?[/b] S1, please elaborate on your comments. What do you mean by a properly designed chamber and what do you mean by into the lands? Would into the lands be 0.005" into them or 0.010" or what? I imagine it would be a matter of experimenting how much to go into the lands like we are used to varying how far off the lands. Also can you comment on neck tension. This is something I have not messed with, except that I have been using a Lee Factory Crimp Die on my 300 Win Mag. When seating into the lands would one want more neck tension? Finally does your statement that all guns with proper chambers should shoot their best with bullets into the lands apply only to target/varmint/vld type bullets or are you finding that it also applies to big game bullets? Are you a gunsmith? If not who does your gunsmithing? Thanks, Rufous. [ 06-12-2003: Message edited by: rufous ] [/QUOTE]
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