Reloading 308 and OAL

[silentdave1985]

I have a savage 10 precision carbine and when I use the hornady OAL gage with 178 gr AMAX I get a measurement of 2.226" average on the o-give. When I chamber a round, that the neck has been loosely closed just to hold the bullet, like you would a live round I get 2.246". Which number should I use to reload as my starting point or is it so close start with the lower number to be on the safe side?

Thanks for any advice,

Dave

 

[Deerhunter28]

It's pulling it out
Get a modified case


PSE EVO 60 Lbs.
Blacked out

 

[Dolomite]

if you magazine load the max length would depend on the magazine....

for my rem 700 bolt I started out at .010, .015 and .02 off the lands.. ending being that .015 gets the best grouping...