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Reloading Question: Measured COL won’t fit magazine
I am loading my own cartridges for my T3 Compact 308 and I have run into an issue. I decided to get my own length gauge to determine the OAL instead of using the tables. Doing this I was able to considerably tighten the accuracy of this rifle … BUT … Using the measured OAL the resulting cartridges, while perfectly matched to my rifle, will not quite fit into the magazine. I have to budge the bullets in a bit so as to get clearance with the magazine. This shortens the OAL enough to get the cartridge into the magazine but it probably is costing me some accuracy. I will also have to deal with other issues when doing this with a compressed charge. My only other options are to either not use the magazine or to mod that magazine … something I'm contemplating doing next …
Has anyone else had this issue? If so how did you solve it?
Thanks,
Paul
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