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  • Pinecone

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    Feb 4, 2013
    28,175
    I moved on to trying the stuff out on my Remington 770 308 rifle. It didn't turn out very well.

    When I used the OAL tool to measure where the ogive was hitting the chamber it was way off. It was so long that just a small part of the bullet was still in the case and was way over the max OAL in the Hornady manual. I was measuring Hornady's 150 gr. FMJBT bullet.

    I then tried it on my 770 in 300 Win Mag and got a similar result.

    At this point I'm confused. :confused:

    Factory 700s have very long throats.

    I basically seat my .308 rounds as long as will fit the magazine, and there is still a jump.

    But when testing, the longer I went, the smaller the groups got.
     

    Striper69

    Ultimate Member
    Jan 31, 2014
    1,400
    Iowa
    No point in using the OAL tools cause I was mainly concerned with using them with my Remington rifles.
     

    onedash

    Ultimate Member
    Feb 24, 2016
    1,026
    Calvert County
    the Remington 700 SS 5R https://www.remington.com/rifles/bolt-action/model-700/model-700-stainless-5-r does not have a long throat like the new production 700's. I've never shot a custom rifle that costs thousands of dollars (yet) but I can't imagine it could shoot much better. Of course they are without a doubt far more durable and maybe at 1000 yards the difference might appear. I still want to get a GAP Rifle someday though.
     

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