coal for tikka varmint.222

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ronaldharold

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i have a tikka varmint in .222.i found quite a few recipes for.222 but nothing for the coal for this rifle. i tried the whiteboard marker thing but most of the ink comes off the bullet when ejected. i havent tried any longer than the mag .imy longest has been 2.180. the max in my book is 2.130. i read its safe to make them as long as the mag will allow. does any one know the coal for this rifle.? thanks in advance i just read a reply on another forum where you chamber a really long cartridge and by pushing the bolt in it will seat the bullet then you measure this coal then subtract .0010 to find the rifles coal.
 
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You can make them longer than your mag if you want to feed each one in individually. In that case your only worry will be getting the bolt to close. If that happens then you could potentially run into high pressure issues. The solution is to load up a dummy round and seat the bullet long. Chamber it in your gun and see if you can close the bolt easily. If you can't, take out the round and seat the bullet another .005" deeper. Repeat until you can lock up your bolt without any difficulty. Check the round in your mag to see if it will feed in your gun. If it won't, you will either have to decide to seat it deeper, or feed bullets one at a time. You may find that your accuracy increases slightly if your bullet has a slight jump to the lands. Some rifles like a large jump, some like less. Experiment and see what your rifle likes. I know the Lyman 49th edition shows an overall length of 2.130, but that may be somewhat less than what your rifle is capable of chambering. I am currently seating my bullets so that my finished product is 2.154". I can still feed them through my mag and they are sitting about .02" or .03" off of the lands in my rifle. Every gun is different, so you'll have to play around and see what works best for you.
 
The OAL is about the cartridge and bullet, not the rifle. You can load 'em so the bullet is just off the rifling. Chambering an unloaded cartridge with the bullet a bit loose then reducing the OAL by a few thou is one way to do that. Works as well as any other method too.
Like coonkilla says, loading longer than the mag gives you a single shot rifle.
 
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