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DAVID NANCARROW · June 5, 2005, 05:21 AM

Well, I'll point out the obvious. Make sure the loaded length will fit in the magazine!

Also, be careful with free bored chambers such as Weatherby. Not that you could load to engage the rifling on them, but somebody is gonna try.

I have an old Rem VS in 308, and for some reason, the chamber is long, and I mean really long. Easy to load for-just set oal to the length of the magazine box and go get em. Accuracy is very good-I can hold hold a half inch group at 100 yards with 150 grain hornady soft points. My Stony point tells me that I am .050" off the lands with a 2.820" OAL, but for some reason I cannot explain, it works.

June 5, 2005, 05:21 AM	#10
DAVID NANCARROW Senior Member Join Date: November 5, 2000 Location: Wyoming Posts: 1,761	Well, I'll point out the obvious. Make sure the loaded length will fit in the magazine! Also, be careful with free bored chambers such as Weatherby. Not that you could load to engage the rifling on them, but somebody is gonna try. I have an old Rem VS in 308, and for some reason, the chamber is long, and I mean really long. Easy to load for-just set oal to the length of the magazine box and go get em. Accuracy is very good-I can hold hold a half inch group at 100 yards with 150 grain hornady soft points. My Stony point tells me that I am .050" off the lands with a 2.820" OAL, but for some reason I cannot explain, it works.