Thread: O.A.L. Question
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Old March 5, 2005, 11:56 AM   #6
DAVID NANCARROW
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I hear ya, Larry. And if what you are doing is working for you, I would see little reason to change. There are a lot of reloading manuals out there which give only the SAAMI max length.
The following in my library do give specific overall lengths:

Accurate Powder Loading Guide
Sierra
Hogdon
Lyman

I would suspect there are more out there that I have yet to see. For me, it depends. For my pistols, I load to the max length which will fit in the magazine and feed correctly.
For rifles, I got a Stony point OAL chamber gauge and sit the bullet out to .050" from the rifling for best accuracy. I highly recommend that tool for anyone loading for their rifle. The only thing you may have to watch out for is making the cartridge too long to fit in the mag.
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