coal

Funny question, right? The common knowledge approach would have a guy or gal seat that bullet as far forward as they can - usually well past saami - especially if you're single loading or you have a magazine that will accommodate the length - which I have neither option. After a fairly...

Research, friends who have worked at Smith and Wesson and Remington by phone were unable to help. I will start with the back story. This gun and I have not been handloading for a long time but my son and I are sharing a renewed hobby - reloading for accuracy. In time he hopes to invest in...

I just got some 155 smk palma (the new ones) & I'm trying to figure out what legnth to start load development. I have the hornady/stoney point case legnth tool. If I set them .010 off the lands there is not much bullet being held by the case (around 1 mm). Is that safe or ok to load them that...

I forget to ask this on my last message i posted. If I was loading say a Nosler custom competition 52gr bullet for a .223 AR-15 and wanted a bullet COAL can i just measure say a Black Hills 52gr. Match loaded bullet COAL and use that COAL for the Nosler 52gr I am loading. I hear every bullet...

What websites show you the correct COAL for all the different brands of bullets? The SPEER book I got only shows 40gr,50gr,52gr,55gr,63gr,70gr. bullets. I need the COAL lengths for 62gr,69gr,75gr,77gr etc. Is a Speer 52gr. HPBT bullet going to have the same COAL as a Sierra 52gr. HPBT bullet...

Im new to Reloading and am starting to bullet seat my first set of bullets (Sierra 52gr. HPBT, .223 AR). So I got my Forester BR seating die and a dummy bullet and got it set at 2.200 COAL but the next couple bullets I seated did not come out at 2.200. One bullet seated at 2.208 and the next one...

I just got one of those nifty Stony Point gauges and was finally going to nail down the bullet jump, etc. OK, Sierra 200 SMK's with a book COAL of 3.600 inches. Upon measuring with the gauge, I find that the lands start when the COAL is 3.75 WTF? That's a pretty huge jump, isn't it? I only have...

Can some one tell what the max COAL for a floor plate version of the CDNN WSM FN XP action? Thanks

It appears the old thread that had the info about how corbon loads there 175gr 7mm SMKS in 7wsm was deleted. I need to find out there COAL because I lost my 7wsm load paper at the range today. It flew away in the wind

OK i have been reading how to measure it but im not getting what everybody is saying. I have used a once fired round put the Bullet in neck slowy closed bolt GOT a meassuement is that my COAL? The book says make Coal 3.340. For a .300 wm. Should i set my bullet .010 off my measurment or im i...

I am playing around with some 190SMK's right now and I am wondering what COAL is the average. I have the factory 24" sporter barrel w/ 1-10 twist. I loaded some the other day, shot a 1.5" group @ 100 yds. I used the zero I set for my 155 SMK's. The hits were like 10" lower. I had them at 3.320...