Originally Posted by
niemi24s
About 1/32 plus about 0.050 equals about 0.081 inch of shoulder reveal.
For a SWC where the body breaks abruptly (with no radius) into the nose, about 0.081 is (about) waaaaay too much shoulder reveal.
However, IF the profile of this bullet is such that the body (the 0.451" OD portion) transitions into the nose with a short section having an ogive similar to a ball round - and then breaks into the SWC-looking portion - it might be OK.
Test your round by dropping it into the barrel when the barrel's out of the gun and see if it goes in all the way. If it does and the round doesn't get stuck when you push hard on the case head, it's not loaded too long.
Also, compare a Berry's round with a factory JRN round by eyeballing or measuring the distance from the barrel hood to the case head. If the Berry's round is loaded too long it's case head may extend aft of the hood. Not good! Cheers
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