Originally Posted by
zrexpilot
I recently started hanloading and this has me thinking. My 7-08 hit lands on a 139 gr at 2.79, if factory ammo is set at 2.80 that would have caused problems. I have read that 7-08 sometimes have short throats. My friend had a rem sps in 7-08 that wouldnt shoot at all and was showing pressure signs with rem factory ammo, I wonder if it wasnt jamming into the lands.
He never did let me reload for it so I never checked anything, he's starting to understand the benifits of reloading now.
I have an 1980 7mm-08 BDL varmit edition with heavy barrel, that you can't put a lot of factory ammo in. I hit the lands at 2.73" (I think). I am not complaining, but this is short.
I rarely see factory ammo ever hit 2.8".