Seating bullet depth for a Brno zkk 600 30-06 spr.

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Easygunner90

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Hey, I've got a Brno zkk 600 in a 30-06. Just checked what my COAL would be if my bullet was pressed against the lands. Its 3.465!!!! My bullet is barely seated in the neck. So I'm a bit disappointed since I can't load my cases as accurately as I'd like. Anyone else have had the same problems? How far back should I seat my bullet to feel confident that its in far enough and still stay as close to the lands as possible?
 
Quite common in some rifles, my CZ's are that way. However, they seem to like the jump and are still accurate. I load the bullet at least the length of the neck but would also like to hear from others on this, always wondered if I can load longer.
 
Remington has throats that seem to be a mile long. Load at least one caliber into the neck and run with it. Your gun will tell you if it likes that or not. Another solution is use a longer bullet.
 
ZKK 600 tolerances are tight enough that you shouldn't have to worry about seating out to the leade.

I have one each in 7x57 and 30-06 and they both aren't overly fussy shooters. Neither of them are tack drivers but moa is normal for both commercial and hand loads. Both of them seem to have a preference for flat base bullets though.

Brno chambers those rifles to accept looonnng 220 grain and 200 grain VLD bullets.

You should be OK with your bullets seated slightly deeper. They only need to be seated deep enough so that they will be held straight while feeding from the magazine and not pushed back.


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Seat to the length of the magazine and go hunting. I have loaded for dozens of these and have never been disappointed yet.
Off hand I recall how most of my BRNO 30-06 loved the Win 760 powder. As I have mentioned, and others have mentioned, they generally like heavy and short for weight bullets (flat base). Ballistic tip type bullets worked well in most tho. If it is not sub-MOA I would be disappointed.
As an aside, I always ensured the front mid-stock screw was snug for best performance.
 
About the only thing I would add to foregoing, is I found it helps to check the runout on your loaded cartridge - maybe with your gear it is not an issue, but can't really know unless you check it. Even rolling loaded round on a mirror on the table can tell you if the tips "wobble". In most of my rifles, getting the cartridges exactly straight is as important (maybe more important) than specific C.O.A.L., especially when they have to first fit in mag and feed easily for hunting. I am sure the precision and long-range guys view things differently, but I don't have any dedicated target rifles.
 
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