Originally Posted by
dig4gold
Wow . . . I just tried the "split" method and it was .010" shorter. If I take .015" off of that, my overall length would be 2.849". Still almost .050" longer than recommended.
I am going to try the ladder method of checking at the range. Using same powder and bullet but using different seating depths in .005" increments, and different powder charges.
And will be ready to duck!
Your rarely going to find a chamber where you can touch the rifling and stay under Max book COL. Some cases you don't want too.
Out of the dozens of rifles I have owned, I have one 7mm-08 that was made in the 1982, that you have to be real deep to load. Rest are typical of your measurements. I assume that rifle is that way because remington only started loading that caliber in 1980. so it was fairly young.
You have to understand they need to account for all kinds of bullets being fired, even fat roundnose bullets that would touch the rifling faster due to the ogive.