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<blockquote data-quote="Whelen Man" data-source="post: 428669" data-attributes="member: 32"><p>Lots of times if you seat less than .010 off the lands you can wind up with a situation where some bullets may touch the rifling and some not because of the variation in the ogive from bullet to bullet. Anything from .005 into the lands to .005 off the lands is kind of a no-mans-land where bullet variations can cause accuracy problems. That's why at least the .010 or more works best with most hunting rifles. Target rifles work with bullets .010 or more into the lands but that won't work for hunting because the lands may grab the bullet and when you extract an unfired round you wind up with a bullet still in the bore, and action full of powder, and a case ejected.</p><p></p><p>I made a couple of easy to use bullet seating gauges with $10 worth of material from Lowe's for each. They're more accurate than the Stoney Point or Hornady and a heck of a lot cheaper.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whelen Man, post: 428669, member: 32"] Lots of times if you seat less than .010 off the lands you can wind up with a situation where some bullets may touch the rifling and some not because of the variation in the ogive from bullet to bullet. Anything from .005 into the lands to .005 off the lands is kind of a no-mans-land where bullet variations can cause accuracy problems. That's why at least the .010 or more works best with most hunting rifles. Target rifles work with bullets .010 or more into the lands but that won't work for hunting because the lands may grab the bullet and when you extract an unfired round you wind up with a bullet still in the bore, and action full of powder, and a case ejected. I made a couple of easy to use bullet seating gauges with $10 worth of material from Lowe's for each. They're more accurate than the Stoney Point or Hornady and a heck of a lot cheaper. [/QUOTE]
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