Muir said:Buy a Lee trimmer assembly in .308. You'll never have to set an OAL again. It's automatic.~Muir
Hey Nell
2.015 is a general safe trim length for all .308 rifles but all rifle chambers are not the same in this regard and as such I can go longer than this in my chamber before the need to trim. Best to measure you own. The whole idea of reloading
Trim length is not normally relative to your chamber. It is the length that puts the cartridge under the SAAMI specified length. As long as it is under SAAMI and uniform, you will do fine. Years ago I accidentally trimmed 100, 7.5x55 cases .040" too short. I shot in military rifle matches with them and never noticed a lack of accuracy because they were too short. ~Muir
Good grief! You're sounding like my Canadian great Aunt Ethel who loved to point out that the US wasn't the only country in North America that produced Grade A Fine maple syrup.
SAAMI is just my normal frame of reference and frankly old chap, many of the cartridges you folks enjoy are ones for which the SAAMI specs were the bench mark. The larger issue is that the poster not ad-lib their case length. Pick a reliable standard of reference and stick with it.~Muir
We're both cantankerous enough to share the same genes.~Muir
How do they "give out" What do you mean by that?I got about 8-10 reloads from the cases before they gave out. All cases were full length sized so perhaps the life could have been extended with less sizing.
How do they "give out" What do you mean by that?I got about 8-10 reloads from the cases before they gave out. All cases were full length sized so perhaps the life could have been extended with less sizing.
How do they "give out" What do you mean by that?
I use the best brass- "Lapua" but even they crack eventually and they always go at the neck- not surprising as this is the thinnest part of the case.
Yes you don't have to use a chamber gauge. That is why we have SAAMI. All I am saying is that you don't have to be governed by the 2.015 Case length in .308
It's a good place to start but not the be all and end all.