LiveLife
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This thread is dedicated to Walkalong and those who have to load for barrels with short leade. I share your pain as I also load for barrels with short leade.
Since factory and aftermarket barrel rifling and leade length vs OAL/COL is often inquired, I decided to start a new thread to list maximum OAL for each barrel tested and recommend working OAL for each bullet type to use as reference. I hope this thread helps with load development for barrels with shorter leade and specific bullet types listed.
To help other members, you can participate by listing the max and working OAL for the pistol, barrel, magazine and bullet used.
NOTE: I have many other bullet types than listed here. If you want additional bullets tested, let me know and I will test them. All measurements made with Frankford Arsenal dial calipers verified with Vermont pin gages - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...ks-for-digital-calibers.821135/#post-10545265
Since factory and aftermarket barrel rifling and leade length vs OAL/COL is often inquired, I decided to start a new thread to list maximum OAL for each barrel tested and recommend working OAL for each bullet type to use as reference. I hope this thread helps with load development for barrels with shorter leade and specific bullet types listed.
To help other members, you can participate by listing the max and working OAL for the pistol, barrel, magazine and bullet used.
NOTE: I have many other bullet types than listed here. If you want additional bullets tested, let me know and I will test them. All measurements made with Frankford Arsenal dial calipers verified with Vermont pin gages - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...ks-for-digital-calibers.821135/#post-10545265
- Berry's 115/124 gr RN - Regular plated Round Nose, Solid Base
- Berry's 115/124 gr HBRN-TP - Hollow Base Round Nose (Thicker Plated)
- Hornady 115/124 gr HAP - Hornady Action Pistol (XTP without expansion cuts)
- HSM 115/124 gr RN - Hunting Shack Munitions Plated Round Nose
- MBC 124 gr RN Hi-Tek - Missouri Bullet Company Hi-Tek2 Coated Round Nose
- PowerBond 115/124 gr RN - Power Bond Plated Round Nose
- Rainier 115/124 gr RN - Ranier Plated Round Nose
- RMR 115/124/147 gr FMJ - Rocky Mountain Reloading In-House Full Metal Jacket
- RMR 115/124 gr FP MW- RMR In-house Flat Point Match Winner
- RMR 115/124 gr JHP MPR - RMR Jacketed Hollow Point, Multi Purpose Round
- Speer 115/125 gr TMJ - Speer Total Metal Jacket (Thicker Plated)
- Winchester 115 gr FMJ - Winchester Full Metal Jacket
- X-Treme 115/124 gr RN - X-Treme Plated Round Nose
- Zero 115 gr FMJ - Zero Full Metal Jacket
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