Comments on: Smart Tool Tip: Make Your Own Length-to-Lands Gauge

By: Gerald

Gerald — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 09:34:37 +0000

I use the Sinclair Bullet Seating Depth tool. It requires only a fired case and the bullet you are planning to use. I find it to be far more consistent than any other method I’ve tried.

By: ed ottinger

ed ottinger — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 01:34:14 +0000

I do this for each type of bullet I use, then I have a master case I can refer to for that rifle and particular bullet.

By: ed ottinger

ed ottinger — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 01:31:07 +0000

I take a fired case make a quick and dirty neck sizing button until the bullet I am using slides easily.
then
1) fill the case with polyester fluff until the bullet will push back out of the case enough to hit the lands.
2)lightly oil the chamber and throat.
3)set the rifle straight up with the bolt open.
4) with a tooth pick apply a small amount of epoxy to the inside of the case neck.
5) replace the bullet, chamber the round and let sit overnight.

By: tenring

tenring — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:26:39 +0000

Here is an easy way to find OAL: Get a hexagon nut from Sinclair with caliber on each side. Insert your bullet into the correct caliber hole. Mark where ogive touches the hex with a very fine black marker pen. Remove bullet, seat it in a dummy case and lower the press ram until you touch the black mark. Especially effective in factory rifles where land marks are difficult to see.

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 14:50:47 +0000

I just mark the bullet with a black sharpee. When it leaves a mark on the black coating but not a bare bullet, I have it. This can be done on loaded rounds with the firing pin removed.

By: Rich Kayser

Rich Kayser — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 01:26:13 +0000

I sacrifice a once-fired case to do this to +/- .001″ or less. Drill the primer pocket out in two stages. 1/8th inch bit and then a 1/4″ bit. Thread the hole 1/4-28tpi. Buy one inch and one and a half-inch long headless hex head bolts. Seat the bullet deep, and push it in the chamber. Just turn the hex head until you feel the bullet bottom out where the ogive touches the rifling.

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 23:43:15 +0000

If you have a lee collet die, you can do the same thing. Using a piece of brass fired from your gun, back the collet die off from it’s normal setting, size it, and keep adjusting the die and sizing until the case has enough grab against the bullet so you can move it in and out with finger pressure. Might take a couple cases to get it right, but you won’t lose anything in the process. Punch the primer out first, that way if you end up with the bullet stuck in a little too tight in the neck to pull it out with your fingers you can poke it back out w/ a small allen wrench.