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Posted: 11/8/2010 7:00:25 PM EDT
| When seating short for cailiber bullets ie .30 cal. Is it better to be concerned with the distance to the lands, at the expense of the bullet being .30 deep in the case neck, or vice versa? |
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I normally go with the bullet makers reloading manual recommendation.
If you don't have the manual, name the cartridge and bullet, we can look it up. Rule of thumb is one caliber length inside neck for proper neck tension. In your case .308 of the bullet length should be inside the neck. |
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.308 Win., 135 gr. Sierra Matchking, due to the boat tail, only about .175 of bullet bearing surface is being gripped by the case neck, if I add the boattail then I've got about .325 in the case. What do you guys think? The boat tail doesn't matter, only the bearing surface. It's less than the rule of thumb, but you should try it and see if it works better or worse. I don't think I'd load from the magazine, though. |
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