axis with short chamber??

[Jesse_L_B]

axis with short chamber???

Hi guys just a question. I decided to play with the seating depth on my handloads, figured i would see where the lands start and seat to a couple thousands of an inch off that. So i used my seating die and seated long, then went back and forth between the gun and die. Using a bullet with NO primer or powder. I ended up at 2.23, the books all say 2.26 is the oal fpr a 223 round, so i thought i messed up and did it again. Same 2.23 oal. So i made another dummy round seated at my normal 2.26 and chambered it. When i ejected ot it also measured at 2.23. So what do i do now? Leave it the same as before at 2.26 and let it do what it has been doing or seat to just under 2.23? Also is there any safety concerns with my chamber being a little short? Thanks guys

 

[yomomma]

Your distance to land will change with bullet type

As long as your bullets fit in the magazine and chamber you should have no issue.

If you are using max loads you may want to keep an eye out for pressure signs if you seat bullets too deep

 

[ripitup911]

Like yomamma said bullet changes COL alot also 2.26 is the maximum COL and min COL is 2.125 so I would load it to about 2.22 also your more accurate reading all the way to 1/1000 instead of 1/100

 

[Jesse_L_B]

Ok thanks guys.