Hey all,
Loading for a factory REM 700
Using Hornady modified case and OAL tool. Using the tool to find my jam point and I am getting a number of 2.802. This is holding the case firm into the chamber via the rod the case mounts on and sliding the bullet until contact, tighten set screw and remove case. Bullet sticks in barrel but a small tap on the side of the stock below action frees bullet.
Using this 2.802 measurement I have my seating die set for a .020 jump and I have my finished cases sit a CBTO of 2.782
This is giving me a OAL of completed rounds that are 3.444. This is nearly .105 longer than the max OAL according to the books. Has anyone ever had something this extreme?? I have shot rounds at this measurement and have chambered and extracted them without sticking a bullet.
This got me thinking as it seems extremely long. The other day with the bolt stripped for the gun and checking the fit of some brass I tried the 30-06 modified case for shits and gigs. The bolt wouldn’t close on the modified case without some good effort. I then compared the modified case to a factory Barnes load and to my sized cases.
The distance form the base to in which the shoulder starts at the top of the body on the modified case seems quite a bit further forward (longer) than on either the factory loaded Barnes or my sized brass. Both the Barnes and the modified case measured 2.044 case base to datum using the Hornady comparator. The Barnes case would however allow my bolt to function relatively free while stripped.
If the shoulder junction on the modified case is keeping it from going as far into my chamber wouldn’t this give me a longer CBTO as the bullet then has more distance to be moved until jam point while using the OAL tool. I was thinking I had a .020 jump but now I’m wondering if I am a lot closer to or even potentially jamming.
Attached are a couple photos. One is a dummy round, loaded Barnes factory load and the modified case. Others are datum measurement of the modified case and Barnes load, OAL and CBTO on the dummy round.
Thanks Alan
Loading for a factory REM 700
Using Hornady modified case and OAL tool. Using the tool to find my jam point and I am getting a number of 2.802. This is holding the case firm into the chamber via the rod the case mounts on and sliding the bullet until contact, tighten set screw and remove case. Bullet sticks in barrel but a small tap on the side of the stock below action frees bullet.
Using this 2.802 measurement I have my seating die set for a .020 jump and I have my finished cases sit a CBTO of 2.782
This is giving me a OAL of completed rounds that are 3.444. This is nearly .105 longer than the max OAL according to the books. Has anyone ever had something this extreme?? I have shot rounds at this measurement and have chambered and extracted them without sticking a bullet.
This got me thinking as it seems extremely long. The other day with the bolt stripped for the gun and checking the fit of some brass I tried the 30-06 modified case for shits and gigs. The bolt wouldn’t close on the modified case without some good effort. I then compared the modified case to a factory Barnes load and to my sized cases.
The distance form the base to in which the shoulder starts at the top of the body on the modified case seems quite a bit further forward (longer) than on either the factory loaded Barnes or my sized brass. Both the Barnes and the modified case measured 2.044 case base to datum using the Hornady comparator. The Barnes case would however allow my bolt to function relatively free while stripped.
If the shoulder junction on the modified case is keeping it from going as far into my chamber wouldn’t this give me a longer CBTO as the bullet then has more distance to be moved until jam point while using the OAL tool. I was thinking I had a .020 jump but now I’m wondering if I am a lot closer to or even potentially jamming.
Attached are a couple photos. One is a dummy round, loaded Barnes factory load and the modified case. Others are datum measurement of the modified case and Barnes load, OAL and CBTO on the dummy round.
Thanks Alan
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