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taurus · February 4, 2002, 07:26 AM

I used a Stoney Point oal gauge and a comparator in an attempt to determine the most accurate seating depth for 75 grain V-max bullets in my Tikka 25-06 rifle! I started at the rifling and worked deeper in .005 increments. I loaded a total of seven groups of rounds[5 rounds in each group] for a total of 35 rounds. I did not find one group/depth that was more accurate than another! All groups were within a quarter to a half dollar! Actually there was one large hole with no flyers! Accuracy was superb in my estimation but I don't know now whethor I should seat at the rifling or deeper as accuracy is not affected! Opinions?

February 4, 2002, 07:26 AM	#1
taurus Member Join Date: January 30, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 45	Finding Correct Bullet Depth? I used a Stoney Point oal gauge and a comparator in an attempt to determine the most accurate seating depth for 75 grain V-max bullets in my Tikka 25-06 rifle! I started at the rifling and worked deeper in .005 increments. I loaded a total of seven groups of rounds[5 rounds in each group] for a total of 35 rounds. I did not find one group/depth that was more accurate than another! All groups were within a quarter to a half dollar! Actually there was one large hole with no flyers! Accuracy was superb in my estimation but I don't know now whethor I should seat at the rifling or deeper as accuracy is not affected! Opinions?