Saw your reference to a Redding bullet comparator and wondered where you bought it.....the only ones I'm familar with are the ones built by Verne Juenke and there scarce and exxpensive.

[ 02-28-2003, 11:47: Message edited by: DB Bill ]

Hello Terry.....are you out there in the ether?

I'm here, I'm here.

I bought mine directly from Redding.

Graf & Sons also has them in their catalog.
They are caliber specific,

Look up www.redding-reloading.com

It's called an "Instant indicator".

In Graf's 202 catalog they are on page 34

Terry...as I look at the Instant Indicator from Redding it seems to me as if all you are measuring is the distance from the base of the case to the ogive of the bullet....if the bullet is "off spec" with respect to the ogive it will extend different depths into the case...or am I not getting it?

[ 02-28-2003, 20:22: Message edited by: DB Bill ]

DB. Yes, that certainly would make sense.
Now, does it make any difference in groups?

Only time will tell.

TErry....I would guess that the difference in ogive, as long as you stay the same distance off the lands, would not make any noticable difference (past normal shot-to-shot variations) as differences in bullet intrustion into the powder space would vary very, very little.

I'm not real fussy about things like this but I do like to do a good job in assembling ammunition. I find that being meticulous gives me a sense of safety that I'm not going to do something overly dumb.....as to accuracy...with a rifle meant for any game deer-size and above I more than happy with something around 1" for 3 shots as long as the POI doesn't shift around and that's the rifle not the ammo....anything tighter than 1" is just frosting on the cake.