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fpchief · November 4, 2010, 11:47 PM

I recently had a thread and was determined that i was loading way too hot. Well, messing around with measuring the OAL, i checked again with the hornady gauge and got 2.74. Got that a few times. Doing some research, seems like most folks get around a 2.85-2.95 on their distance to lands. i am using the gauge correctly. I do not have a comparator. At 2.74, the distance is shorter than what i can find as the SAAMI standard for length of a .308 which is about 2.80....any ideas, help?

November 4, 2010, 11:47 PM	#1
fpchief Senior Member Join Date: February 12, 2010 Posts: 122	Measuring distance to lands .308 I recently had a thread and was determined that i was loading way too hot. Well, messing around with measuring the OAL, i checked again with the hornady gauge and got 2.74. Got that a few times. Doing some research, seems like most folks get around a 2.85-2.95 on their distance to lands. i am using the gauge correctly. I do not have a comparator. At 2.74, the distance is shorter than what i can find as the SAAMI standard for length of a .308 which is about 2.80....any ideas, help?