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lugerstew · April 17, 2021, 12:03 PM

Ya, I don't like shooting loads that are touching, probably not a big deal if you have a safe powder charge, I tried it once and didnt see a great improvement. Thanks houndawg for that advice on taking the portable press to the range, I've only tried it once and it seemed to work good. I don't know about always starting at recommended COL, because I have a stock Savage 223 that has a very short throat, some Sierra bullets Ive checked at recommended COL were .025 to .035 too long and jammed the throat, so I always need to measure the comparator touch length with that rifle because of this.

April 17, 2021, 12:03 PM	#19
lugerstew Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2019 Location: Colorado Posts: 260	Ya, I don't like shooting loads that are touching, probably not a big deal if you have a safe powder charge, I tried it once and didnt see a great improvement. Thanks houndawg for that advice on taking the portable press to the range, I've only tried it once and it seemed to work good. I don't know about always starting at recommended COL, because I have a stock Savage 223 that has a very short throat, some Sierra bullets Ive checked at recommended COL were .025 to .035 too long and jammed the throat, so I always need to measure the comparator touch length with that rifle because of this.