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OAL reloading tolerance for hanguns

wcoxy2003wcoxy2003 Member Posts: 306 ✭✭✭
edited December 2011 in Ask the Experts
if a reloading book gives a specific OAL like 1.200 what should the + or - be?
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    bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,664 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This should be moved to the reloading forum
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    wcoxy2003wcoxy2003 Member Posts: 306 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i did that too. no answer yet so i thought id ask it on here too
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    tsr1965tsr1965 Member Posts: 8,682 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It all depends on what you are shooting(load), and what you are shooting it in...semi auto, revolver, or single shot. If the throat is short, and you seat long, you can drive up the pressures, by having the bullet seated into the lands. Functionality is another aspect. The OAL is mostly used as a guide. On single shots, using bottle necked cartridges, I usually exceed the OAL, by seating about 0.015-0.020" off the lands. Revolver's I seat to a crimping groove. I don't load for any of my semi-auto's, as I carry them for personal defense.

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