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Trimming case length, how much does it really matter?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bigeclipse" data-source="post: 976315" data-attributes="member: 52437"><p>Ok reloading experts, I know Case length can matter for safety purposes. So for instance my reloading manual states for 3006 the case itself should not be longer than 3.494 (I think, I do not have my book on hand though. That is from memory). When you fire your rounds, the cases can stretch past this point and you should now trim them back a bit. First question is, if your manual states like my example 3.494, how much will you trim it to? 3.494 exact? 3.490, 3.492, 3.485....etc? My last question is, if you have cases trimmed differently say a couple are right around 3.493 and a few others are slightly shorter at say 3.485, what kind of impact will it have on accuracy? Small/large? Im sure for competition purposes or extreme long range hunting this is probably super important, but to try and maintain a load around 1 MOA out to 400 yards how critical is this? Again this is not for the total cartridge OAL but simply the brass case itself.</p><p> </p><p>thank you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigeclipse, post: 976315, member: 52437"] Ok reloading experts, I know Case length can matter for safety purposes. So for instance my reloading manual states for 3006 the case itself should not be longer than 3.494 (I think, I do not have my book on hand though. That is from memory). When you fire your rounds, the cases can stretch past this point and you should now trim them back a bit. First question is, if your manual states like my example 3.494, how much will you trim it to? 3.494 exact? 3.490, 3.492, 3.485....etc? My last question is, if you have cases trimmed differently say a couple are right around 3.493 and a few others are slightly shorter at say 3.485, what kind of impact will it have on accuracy? Small/large? Im sure for competition purposes or extreme long range hunting this is probably super important, but to try and maintain a load around 1 MOA out to 400 yards how critical is this? Again this is not for the total cartridge OAL but simply the brass case itself. thank you. [/QUOTE]
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