so i just picked up a hornady oal gauge w/a .300 case. started playing around with a berger bullet and heres what i came up with in my rem 700.
hornady case length 2.6145
bullet length 1.261
total 3.8755
using the oal gauge & comparator i get 2.829 (on the lands - case head to ogive). this gives me a oal of 3.547. minus that from 3.8755, my bullet is only seating in .3285. say i go .025 off the lands this puts my bullet depth to .3535.
maybe i'm just used to stuffing in a bullet vs trying to be a bit more precise now, but it just does not seem like enough depth. i used the oal gauge with a berger, hornady and combined tech. and they all seemed like the bullets was sticking way out there. i guess i'm not used to it yet. any thoughts/opinions?
hornady case length 2.6145
bullet length 1.261
total 3.8755
using the oal gauge & comparator i get 2.829 (on the lands - case head to ogive). this gives me a oal of 3.547. minus that from 3.8755, my bullet is only seating in .3285. say i go .025 off the lands this puts my bullet depth to .3535.
maybe i'm just used to stuffing in a bullet vs trying to be a bit more precise now, but it just does not seem like enough depth. i used the oal gauge with a berger, hornady and combined tech. and they all seemed like the bullets was sticking way out there. i guess i'm not used to it yet. any thoughts/opinions?