Thread: 123gr A-max Variation in ogive to base length

Just been out in the cold of the garage loading up some ammo for a NZDA range shoot this weekend.

While loading up some 123gr Amax for the 260 Rem I discovered that my OAL was all over the place?? The OAL length from the tip, compared to the OAL to the ogive seem to vary more than i have ever noticed before loading other proji's.

So i started measursing just the projectiles for length from base to ogive, arha, there seems to be two different groups of bullet length, about 10 thou difference.

I would imagine this would definitely make a noticeably difference in POI etc - I have split the ammo into two different groups and will test on Sat.

For interests sake I compared the Base to ogive length of some Nosler BT's and they were all within 1-2 thou.

Has anyone else noticed this with the 6.5mm 123gr Amax's??

Bit of a pain in the arse - And if this is what they are normally like i'll look to use another projectile.