Recent content by Personofinterest99

With regard to jamming bullets, I loaded for a friend of mine who shoots a Model 70 in 300 WM. I used his once fired factory brass and set the OAL where he wanted it: Max length to fit in the mag AND be firmly seated on the lands. I seem to recall he gave me Nosler 180gr BTs and RE 22 to use...

Something that happened today is preliminary but sort of supports what gamestalker said about pushing the bullet into the lands. When I first shot this particular rifle, I didn't have a lot of time to get ready. I loaded some Sierra and Nosler bullets and set them to the OAL in one of the...

Very informative...very helpful, Bart and Taliv. Thanks! Do you see any pressure or safety issues if parts of the bullet are clearly in contact with lands when the bullets are chambered and fired? Will it cause premature erosion of the metal? POI99

What am I doing wrong??? I use a Hornady Lock-n-Load OAL gauge to measure the run out for several Sierra, Nosler, and Barnes bullets I'm working up for a new Sako bolt gun. I very gently run several of each type of bullets into the chamber until they stop on the Ls&Gs with an ounce or so of...