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Seating Depth Increments?
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<blockquote data-quote="MagnumManiac" data-source="post: 3102571" data-attributes="member: 10755"><p>After years of competitive LR shooting, my procedure always finds a measurement the bullet likes in the fewest number of shots.</p><p>I start touching, NOT JAMMED, then I go 3 shots for each measurement at .010" increments AWAY from the rifling.</p><p>Normally, between touching and .030" off I find the best depth, then I try +/- .005" of that, if .005" is still not quite there, very rare, I will try .003" +/- of the first measurement.</p><p>More often than not, say 9/10 times, my rifles all prefer somewhere between .010"-.020" off and then about .050"-.080" if I can't reach the lands with that bullet. This pattern repeats so often, it is normal testing procedure I use. There is one bullet that does not abide by this, and that is the Lapua Scener L in 6.5, it likes .005" jammed and will not shoot otherwise FOR ME & my 6.5x47…</p><p>A bullet that likes jump in my 264WM custom chamber is the 123g Nosler CC, it will shoot fantastic no closer than .050". It does not like this in my 6.5x47, it likes .015" off, go figure.</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagnumManiac, post: 3102571, member: 10755"] After years of competitive LR shooting, my procedure always finds a measurement the bullet likes in the fewest number of shots. I start touching, NOT JAMMED, then I go 3 shots for each measurement at .010” increments AWAY from the rifling. Normally, between touching and .030” off I find the best depth, then I try +/- .005” of that, if .005” is still not quite there, very rare, I will try .003” +/- of the first measurement. More often than not, say 9/10 times, my rifles all prefer somewhere between .010”-.020” off and then about .050”-.080” if I can’t reach the lands with that bullet. This pattern repeats so often, it is normal testing procedure I use. There is one bullet that does not abide by this, and that is the Lapua Scener L in 6.5, it likes .005” jammed and will not shoot otherwise FOR ME & my 6.5x47… A bullet that likes jump in my 264WM custom chamber is the 123g Nosler CC, it will shoot fantastic no closer than .050”. It does not like this in my 6.5x47, it likes .015” off, go figure. Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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