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I've got a Remington 700, built in 1983. It's a .308 ADL and I bought it last year at a pawn shop. Tried the same exercise and was astonished to find that I had a long throat. Real long. At the SAAMI standard of 2.800 I started measuring and nearly pushed the bullet out of the case. When I got out my trust-rusty caliper, I measured the COL at 2.966 and I had no where near one caliber in the case neck. I said to hell with it and loaded the ammo to 2.900.
When the stars align and my indifferent bench technique combines with calm winds, it'll occasionally put them into one inch. However, it is a really consistent 1.5" rifle. I bought it to pass along to a grandkid and I'm sure that it will serve him just fine. If, twenty years from now he wants to re-barrel it, he can have the freebore set wherever he wants it.
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