Ok, I asked a question from a previous post http://forum.hunting.net/asppg/tm.asp?m=1071841

and finally found out for myself. got my stoney point back. Since it didn't seem too many people ever tried it before.

I was trying to find out how much more you jam a bullet up in the rifling compared to a stoney Point AOL tool. I measured three different bullets using the split case and the stoney point. Measured at the ogive with comparitor and tip. What I found is, you usually jam the bullet up in the rifling .003 to .005" using the split case method. Using felt tip was so inconclusive and cluncky, its a waste of time.

I didn't do this so much for accuacy but was confused that the throat was so short on this particular gun. One thing I learned is using the split case, you can get real good accuate results and keep in mind you are jamming the bullet in some.

Caliber 7mm08 using stoney point comparitor
Stoney AOL Split Case
Bullet 1 3.255" 3.258"
Bullet 2 3.255" 3.259"
Bullet 3 3.254" 3.257"

Using COL and calibers
Stoney AOL Split Case
Bullet 1 2.745" 2.750"
Bullet 2 2.739" 2.748"
Bullet 3 2.744" 2.248"