To start of with, I only been reloading for a bolt action rifle for a little over 2 years.
While on another site a post came up about how far off the lands should a bullet be seated. When to YouTube and with that question and saw that people tested the seating length by putting a bullet in a empty case and closing the bolt. The measure the length of the bullet.
Well I tried it with a 308 and a 150 gn Hornady FMJ. It came out to 2.816". I always try to follow the reloading manual in OAL and for this bullet it was 2.700".
What got me thinking about this was a couple of my reloads I had a hard time closing the bolt. The rounds fired without a problem. I never load at top of the scale.
How do you figure out what your OAL should be?
While on another site a post came up about how far off the lands should a bullet be seated. When to YouTube and with that question and saw that people tested the seating length by putting a bullet in a empty case and closing the bolt. The measure the length of the bullet.
Well I tried it with a 308 and a 150 gn Hornady FMJ. It came out to 2.816". I always try to follow the reloading manual in OAL and for this bullet it was 2.700".
What got me thinking about this was a couple of my reloads I had a hard time closing the bolt. The rounds fired without a problem. I never load at top of the scale.
How do you figure out what your OAL should be?