Lots of good info here. Thanks guys.

I'm trying to understand what PA said with the long action and barrel of choice. Wouldn't a standard cut barrel still have to much freebore in it to seat the bullets in the brass to a good depth?

I'm thinking the bullets would fit the mag but they would be sticking way out.

Big Guy,

How far off the lands were you seating? I'm not trying to do .005. I just want to get to .001. That would suck if that had happened to you on a big game hunt. Wow.

Other than the risks of factory ammo I'm still feeling like this is something that I want to do. I may even consider shelling out some bucks to have the barrel stamped or engraves with .308 Custom or something like that. Just in case it ends up in someone else's hands.

My buddy says it would be tough to find a smith that would actually do this for me.

I would love to hear some more thoughts.

Tom