Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Bullet seating question

I have a Remington 700 that has been rebored to 35 whelen. JES left me plenty of free bore and I am planning to load 225 accubond. I was wondering where a good place to start seating these bullets would be. I was told that whelens like to be seated well off the lands.

I start Accubonds .050" off. In my Whelen I'm probably .125" off with the 225 AB.

Thanks for the info.

Don't be afraid of seating off the lands. Most of my rifles find a sweet spot well off the recommended starting distance of 0.01 off lands.

In the cases idiot.

A fitting response from an AHole.

WTH?


Another consideration is magazine length- will it allow you to take advantage of that long throat?

So you are the expert who knows exactly the correct seating depth for ever rifle? Give me a break. This question is just like the "best load" questions. Only idiots would give an answer. What works in one rifle does not work in all rifles. Anybody who has loaded long enough to get dust on their reloading bench should know this.

No idea how much free bore one has, so I'd suggest you do your own research. I have several Weatherby's, and regardless of slug one will never reach the lands. I seated some loads out so far that just running them through the action would induce run out, and some out well past magazine constraints too. I have no issues with that, as I'll shoot in single shot mode if that's what it takes to get the desired accuracy. None of those loads shot worth sh-t. With those cartridges, seating the slugs to at least a caliber deep brought them into the moa realm. I think I'm getting more consistent ignition when the cartridges have a good firm grip on the bullet.

Conversely, one is likely getting consistent pressures when he's bumping the lands.

Have a good one, and do let us know what does and does not work.

Anybody that's reloaded also knows that certain loads tend to shoot well in lots of different rifles in the same chambering.

Anybody who's participated in a forum like this one also knows what to expect from someone who calls himself AHole.

Start at the lands and work back.

It's silly to start at some arbitrary distance back, you then have 2 different directions to go.

Yep. Consider the 308 Winchester for example. Federal match, along with several handloads I can put together, are reliable enough to tell you if they don't shoot well there's more than likely a rifle and/or scope problem.

Hmmm. Excellent point and KISS advice.

Wow! somebody with a brain.

Seated this way you could load a bunch then take a press with you to the range and keep seating deeper until you find the sweet spot. You might even find it was easier to go deeper than pull the bullet out a few thousands with a puller.

The total absence of intelligence and common sense here by the majority of regular posters is sickening but does provide some chuckles.

Well I learned something new. I did not know the sweet spot for every 308 was the same in every rifle. I may write a book about all the wisdom posted here. It would get more laughs than McManus.

Blow me.

Typical, have an idea or opinion and if is does not argee with yours then attack.

Start long. Then you only have one direction to experiment with in search of improvement.




Dave

No, dipshit. You have an idea contrary to my actual experience, express yourself about the difference of opinion in an assholish manner as befits your handle, so you received an appropriate brief response.

Deflave and Steelhead suggestions are exactly the way I start. Listen to your gun it will tell you what it wants. I use a crono not for looking for the ultimate velocity but seeing if I'm increasin powder if theres an increase in velocity if not that tells me my gun does not like that powder. When you change something only one thing at a time. Use bullet seating depth as a fine tuning tool. Just my 2 cents