Originally Posted by Offshoreman
Put a Nosler SAAMI 280 AI in the original Ackley and it's loose and rattles - is that minutia?


Put a minimum SAAMI-spec ,30-06 round in a maximum SAAMI-spec .30-06 chamber, and the "loose" headspace is exactly the same as the difference between the Ackley and Nosler .280 AI rounds.

Yes, I understand what you're saying, but in my experience it isn't the end of civilization as we know it.

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