Thread: Case new OAL magazine issue

So should i try a group at 10thou off the lands or seat the bullet just inside the magazine?

Would prob be 20-30thou off the lands then and at least then it would be guaranteed to fit and eject if needed.

If a dedicated gong/long range round then single feeding is fine, otherwise mag fit and make it shoot.

For what its worth. I am 110 thou off lands in 7mm saum and 20 thou in 708 to fit mag using accubonds. Both rifles will do .5 groups with not much problem. I concentrate more on case prep and load consistency

Easy as to make the tikka t3 mag longer 2.890" OAL in 7mm08 consistent half inch groups would post photos if i had another mag to modify

10thou of the lands on my Sako makes the OAL 2.930

So, only my 2c$.
I did reload for my Tikka Lite 7-08 and it shot nicely with mag length. In the other hand, my 7mm Rem Mag shoot well with two different projectiles(amax's and sst's) any day with magazine length but not good at all as soon I start to play with the seating depth.
Try the options you have from the previous suggestions, and go from there, I personaly think you still can get a lot of accuracy without hassle.
All the best, good luck!

Mac

7mm Rem Mag with 162gr Amax at 3.300" just fitting the mag...



7mm Rem Mag with 162gr SSTs at 3.300" as well and same powder load for both.



All 4 shots group!

Have done another 3 loads at 30thou from the lands and they fit the mag and feed fine.
Will group tomorrow and post results.

I load both my .223 and .270 Sako 75s and a mates A7 to fit the mag (and to be able to extract an unfired round), and still shoot 0.5 MOA, best groupings of 0.27 and 0.28 MOA.
If you have concentric rounds, consistent neck tension and with minimal runout, then seating the projectiles with a jump to fit the mag (some projectiles can handle a jump more than others), the seating depth isn't quite so crucial.
Luckily the T3 in 6.5x55 can be seated to touch the rifling and easily still fit in the mag.