Been working on some reloading stuff since my wife has confined me to the house. I purchased a Hornady OAL gauge with the modified case to check the jump in my Howa 1500 6.5 Swede.
I used a 6.5 140 grain HPBT bullet to determine distance to the rifling but am having problems. When I push the bullet to the rifling with the OAL gauge and check it only about 3/16” of the bullet is in the neck of the cartridge, not enough by far to hold it in place.
I have tried this with my 6.5 Creedmoor with appropriate case and seems to work fine, any idea what I am doing wrong?
I used a 6.5 140 grain HPBT bullet to determine distance to the rifling but am having problems. When I push the bullet to the rifling with the OAL gauge and check it only about 3/16” of the bullet is in the neck of the cartridge, not enough by far to hold it in place.
I have tried this with my 6.5 Creedmoor with appropriate case and seems to work fine, any idea what I am doing wrong?