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O-Giv or O-Jive? I’m hearing it both ways online.

  1. I am trying to measure for my ogive and I am not sure where it is stopping. I can get to a spot where it seems to hit something but then if I pursh a little bit more it snuggles into a place where it really stops. It seems to be about a .150 difference between the two. Any idea what I am feeling when I push the bullet comparator in?

  2. Is there a recommendation of how much of a bullet needs to be in the neck of the cartridge when measuring bullet seating depth against the lands?

  3. Has anyone ever ran into that problem of bullet not seating because you are trying to get to the lands or has anyone ever had a cartridge not fit into the magazine because it was too long. If so what do you do? Seat deeper and go with it?

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True with about all measurements in reloading, go to “medium snug” :grinning: Most important is just to do it the same every time.

I haven’t run into the issue of seating a bullet out too far, but I mostly use the super long high bc stuff so I may not be the best person to ask. You can at least look at the max coal measurement in the load data to get an idea of what would be too far.

As far as loading the bullet too far out so it doesn’t fit in the magazine, that’s a very common problem, especially with cartridges like 6.5prc that are at the very longest you can have and still call it a short action.

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Oh, and definitely o-jive :grinning:

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I teach Statistics, and we have a type of graph called an ogive and it is pronounced o-jive.

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There are different starting points, you must first know you rifles over all cartridge length (O.A.C.L.) by using: STONEY POINT LENGTH GAUGE | Brownells
with a Hornday case in the caliber your shooting.

With a micrometer and: HORNADY LOCK-N-LOAD BULLET COMPARATOR BASIC SET | Brownells

Each of these tools are caliber specific they measure from the outer most of the bullet to your riflings. This stage will insure you are getting the most accuracy out of your rifle prior to playing with different ammo’s or powders.

After you know your rifles O.A.C.L. from your barrel mesure you magazine inside length, most reloading manuals give an o.a.c.l. based on caliber. if you exceed this you will have a single shot rifle.

Neck tension: Obtaining Proper Neck Tension While Reloading - YouTube

Neck Seating depth: The amount of contact between case neck and bullet is critical to many loads. The old rule of thumb is that there should be around a bullet’s diameter of contact between the neck and the bullet’s shank.

Happy hunting Coyote_Dentist

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