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Posted: 9/5/2008 2:59:17 PM EDT
| I have been reloading for a while now and have been loading 55gr fmj at 2.25" OAl. I just bought some hornady 55gr soft points for coyote hunting and noticed in the Hodgdon and lee manual it lists COAL at 2.20". I loaded some of these hornadys at 2.25 and I think I'm just not use to the different taper of these bullets but they look like they need to be seated deeper. Is anywhere in between ok? Thanks |
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The idea is to get about 1 to 1.5 diameters of the bullet into the case neck. If you like 2.25, I expect that will work fine. The soft point bullets are probably a little shorter than the FMJ's you've been shooting so they would need to seat out too far to match the COAL of a longer bullet. |
They are a bit shorter. I know that 2.26" is maximum for .223 so would 2.20" be minimum? |
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