Thread: Measuring COAL

What's the views on measuring COAL when reloading. I've always been taught to measure to the ogive, instead of the tip of the projectile. Have found there can be a lot of variance when measuring to the tip, especially with lead or plastic tipped projectiles. Was just wondering, for the people chasing real tight accuracy if they're missing out on tighter groups by measuring this way.

The reasoning behind this is when reloading for my rifles, the difference between 3/4 - 1 MOA and 1/4 MOA is only 5 thou seating depth of the projectile. Or are people still getting good accuracy measuring to the tip? And at the same time, I know 3/4 to an inch is fine for probably 80 % of shooter, was just a thought I had to myself while mucking round at the reloading bench the other day.