Hornady Lock'N'Load Overall Length Gage

[BeauxKneauxs]

Just curious to hear your thoughts and opinions on this product. What supporting components from Hornady are needed in addition to the gage?

[m1a_scoutguy]

Just curious to hear your thoughts and opinions on this product. What supporting components from Hornady are needed in addition to the gage?

This is what your talking about correct ? http://www.hornady.com/store/Lock-N-...traight-1Each/ https://www.precisionreloading.com/c...p#!l=HN&i=A308

I just bought one myself awhile back and think it works as advertised. Just purchase the "Modified" case for each caliber and you should be good to go !

[RedRallyeZ]

I bought one along with the case for my Remington 700 in 308.

It takes some finesse to feel the rifling start through the tool, but after some trial and error, it can really give you some important data. In my case it wasn't super useful though as my 700's throat depth would allow for a much longer COAL than I could use with my mags...

[BeauxKneauxs]

Yeah scoutguy, but the angled version for autoloaders. Not the straight shank version you linked.

[BeauxKneauxs]

I bought one along with the case for my Remington 700 in 308.

It takes some finesse to feel the rifling start through the tool, but after some trial and error, it can really give you some important data. In my case it wasn't super useful though as my 700's throat depth would allow for a much longer COAL than I could use with my mags...

Too much free bore?

[m1a_scoutguy]

Yeah scoutguy, but the angled version for autoloaders. Not the straight shank version you linked.

Ah,thats cool,I always wanted one for my M1a rifles but figured they always have to fit in the mag so I was never worried about semi-auto rifle. AR style rifles are a tad different but still have to worry about feeding from the mag I would think. Anyways I like the tool,works great. I also bought this, I think you get a "finer" OAL. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/231...with-6-inserts Hate to say it but I got all my stuff on ebay, everything was below MSRP and Free Shipping,can't beat that !

[yellowfin]

What different lengths of jump to the lands do you guys test at when developing precisions loads? (e.g. .10, .050, .025?) Do you do test loads in varying lengths before or after dialing in with a powder selection and charge?

[mrjinglesusa]

What different lengths of jump to the lands do you guys test at when developing precisions loads? (e.g. .10, .050, .025?) Do you do test loads in varying lengths before or after dialing in with a powder selection and charge?

I just started reloading but from everything I've read in my research the consensus is to dial in your powder/charge first and then tweak your jump.

[soulezoo]

I just started reloading but from everything I've read in my research the consensus is to dial in your powder/charge first and then tweak your jump.

This. Although, with Weatherby's and their freebore, there's not much to work with except for the heaviest vld projectiles.

[markm]

Too much free bore?

Factory Rem 700s often come with gargantuan leades. I haven't measured mine in a while, but like RedRalleyZ, I have way more leade than I could ever want.

I won't likely ever shoot a bullet that's depth sensitive because of the volume we shoot. I'm too impatient to be checking and adjusting jump every several hundred rounds.