Let me get this straight:

You seat the bullet to an OAL of 2.725"
The measurement at that OAL to the ogive is 2.145.
How did you arrive at the 2.725" OAL? How far from the lands is the ogive (2.145")?

Is what you are trying to say is that when the bullet touched the lands the OAL is 2.725" (ogive OAL 2.145")?

If this is true then what the measurements are trying to tell you is that you cannot load this bullet to SAAMI max length of 2.8" in your particular rifle with that particular throat.

The way to use the Hornady tool is to take the ogive measurement 2.145" (touching) and say, for example, subtract 0.01" = ogive OAL length of 2.135" and an OAL of 2.715" to yield a distance of 0.01" off the lands.

Ed

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