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Forum: Reloading

04-25-2005, 02:04 AM

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bullet seating depth?

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Posted By robert49

RE: bullet seating depth?

Thanks everyone for your useful comments.

I need to speak to my gunsmith about seating the bullets and I will do that before firing it.

Kind Regards

Rob

Forum: Reloading

04-24-2005, 11:38 AM

Replies: 27

bullet seating depth?

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Posted By robert49

RE: bullet seating depth?

Very true. My gunsmith built it as a bench rest rifle. He hasn't set it to work with any bullet and he has not got a OAL measurer in that caliber at the moment. He told me if was reamed very short...

Forum: Reloading

04-24-2005, 11:25 AM

Replies: 27

bullet seating depth?

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Posted By robert49

RE: bullet seating depth?

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Well it's a heck of a lot further seated that one bullet diameter. It's more that two. The deeper you seat the bullet the more possible you can create...

Forum: Reloading

04-24-2005, 11:20 AM

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bullet seating depth?

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Posted By robert49

RE: bullet seating depth?

If I were you, I'd find out what the exact chamber dimensions were and at what length you should be able to seat the lapua bullets.

If in the end the throat needs to be longer it can be cut.
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Forum: Reloading

04-24-2005, 08:53 AM

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bullet seating depth?

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Posted By robert49

RE: bullet seating depth?

IF freebore is cut correctly(regardless of others opinions IMHO) the bullet can still have a large jump and be extremely accurate(for reference purposes here I'm talking MOA or just under as...

Forum: Reloading

04-24-2005, 04:54 AM

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bullet seating depth?

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Posted By robert49

RE: bullet seating depth?

That's interesting. I have a new 6.5x284 rifle for benchrest. The figures are for lapua brass and scenar 139 bullets:

Bullet Length 1.370"

Bullet diameter 0.264"

The...

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