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    Please help w/ load info for a DPMS LR308

    Re: Please help a FNG w/ load info for a DPMS LR3 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: grmroper001</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Howdy, I do also have a LR308 24" 1 in 10. So far my load of choice is 155 ( new 2156 ) sierra palma's over 45.4 of RL-15...
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    Please help w/ load info for a DPMS LR308

    You guys were so great at helping me answer my inconsistent OAL question, I had to give this a try. I have done searches but have come up shorthanded. I have a DPMS LR308 Panther with the 1x10 twist stainless 24" barrel. Stock at this point, but looking to replace trigger. I hope to someday...
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    Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rounds.

    Re: Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rou <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Darrell Buell</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: former naval person</div><div...
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    Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rounds.

    Re: Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rou 42-ish grains of ?? If your powder is Varget, this sounds reasonable on the face of it for a gas gun. The folks running 44+ grains of Varget are almost assuredly running some sort of a bolt action that will be comfortable with slightly...
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    Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rounds.

    Re: Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rou Thanks Victor and Dr. Phil, I didn't know you gave reloading advice, as well Doc ?!? By the way...My wife....well...nevermind. OK Comparator ordered. Thanks for the clarification on OGIVE. I still need to study up on what "meplat" is. I...
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    Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rounds.

    Re: Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rou <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Darrell Buell</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Lake City brass has a heavy wall, and thus less case capacity than other brass, what would not be a compressed load...
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    Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rounds.

    Re: Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rou Thanks for the replies deadlyswift, and everyone else. Just so I have this straight. There can be so many inconsistencies in a box of SMK's , AMAX's, and Bergers etc. that I must sort out the ones of similar ogive, with a comparorator (sp)...
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    Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rounds.

    Re: Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rou <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bdh308</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Buy a bullet comparator to measure ogive and then you can adjust your die once you've sorted your bullets from that...
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    Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rounds.

    Re: Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rou <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: christpher7</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hello, I would borrow or buy a ogive attachment and recheck those same loads. I have see many different oal's checking to...
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    Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rounds.

    Re: Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rou Chad, I think I replied to the wrong post. Sorry,Newbie mistake.
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    Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rounds.

    Re: Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rou Thanks for the reply. I am deburring, and chamfering (sp) , and I am known to sometimes get a little happy with my chamfering. I didn't think it would affect OAL. I know that wasn't what you were talking about but I thought I would add...
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    Help w/ Inconsistent OAL when seating 308 rounds.

    Hi Everyone, I hate for my first post to be a problem, but I have searched and can't seem to find my answers. I have been reading your great forum for a short while, as I am a bit new to shooting and reloading. There is such a wealth of information here, and all you guys seem very generous with...