HuntingNet.com Forums - Shell casing length capability?

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Well, I figure I could do it so I could have more powder capacity? But I bet 250 grains could be fit in a 7mm shell... I don't know a whole too wealth of guns and ammo... And I assume my bullet is jacketed because the tip shows lead and the rest is copper. I'm wondering if maybe I should purchase a box of the silver ballistic tips and use them for big game instead.

I have been pondering the question of how well reloading would do for me, but I just bought my first rifle this year. I suppose I should wait a little and see how much I get into it. So I also guess taking advantage of that last bit of chamber is'nt going to make much of a difference. Cool, just a little bit more I learned and know now.

I would recommend you get familiar with your rifle and find a good factory ammo that it shoots well. Then some time down the road if you find you shoot more often and enjoy shooting and learning why things happen as they do when you squeeze the trigger you can look at getting into reloading. Its technical and needs to be done by the book but very easy to learn. You likely wouldn't save any money on ammo by reloading mostly because you simply end up shooting more and expirementing. Just to put things in pespective most 06 type rounds usually have about 50 -57 grs of powder, can't think of any sporting rounds that could hold 250 grs and I sure wouldn't want to shoot it.