hillbillie82
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i have a ruger m77 .243 win. with an after market floated bull barrel that my grandfather left me when he died.
i decided to start reloading for it so i went and got the hornady 7th edition to learn about reloading and different loads. i saw what the max. c.o.l. was and read that most guns have greater accuracy when the bullet is set just touching or just off of the lands. so i loaded a dummy round to the max. c.o.l and colored the bullet with a black sharpie, then chambered it and when i ejected it the lands had rubbed the marker off where they touched.
max. c.o.l. is 2.710
my question is this, the marks left on the bullet were about a 1/16th to 1/8th of an inch long is this seated in too far.
i backed off and set one a 2.70 and 2.685 the 2.70 was still showing the lands and the 2.685 was off (no markings) what are some opinions?
i decided to start reloading for it so i went and got the hornady 7th edition to learn about reloading and different loads. i saw what the max. c.o.l. was and read that most guns have greater accuracy when the bullet is set just touching or just off of the lands. so i loaded a dummy round to the max. c.o.l and colored the bullet with a black sharpie, then chambered it and when i ejected it the lands had rubbed the marker off where they touched.
max. c.o.l. is 2.710
my question is this, the marks left on the bullet were about a 1/16th to 1/8th of an inch long is this seated in too far.
i backed off and set one a 2.70 and 2.685 the 2.70 was still showing the lands and the 2.685 was off (no markings) what are some opinions?