Horandy/stoney point OAL gauge?

[justinLB]

Does anyone use this system to determine the oal on your loads? I all ready have the comparator set and it works great so I was thinking about getting the oal gauge to determine more precise seating depths.

[NRAhighpowershooter]

I use the Stoney point for all my bolt guns and for my semis for my long range loads.... wonderful tool.....

[supersonic]

I use the Stoney point for all my bolt guns and for my semis for my long range loads.... wonderful tool.....

+1 x 1,000,000!!!!!!!!!!:) ABSOLUTE necessity for reloaders.

[brando]

Same here. In fact, I have two sets of calipers - one with the gage and one without - it's so valuable and handy for getting consistent OAL readings to ogive.

[StraightShooter]

I have the hornady. It is a definite must have. I dont know anything about the stoney point but i know that the with the hornady you can use whatever bullet you want to use and not just some generic bullet. The stoney point may be the same but i know that there are some that dont let you use whatever bulet you choose. When I use a high BC bullet like a 105gr berger vld it will seat out much farther than a lower BC bullet like the nosler balistic tips before it touches the lands.

[ocabj]

The Hornady is the same as the Stoney Point. Hornady took over the Stoney Point gage product line.

[Anon02]

Can Someone give a short explaination on how one uses these guages. O boought the comparator and the OAL guages, but there isn't any instructions.:confused:
thanks

[Sheldon]

The OAL guage allows you to seat a bullet into a modified case within the chamber of your rifle so that oglive of the bullet rests against the lands of the barrel, then you use the comparator to get a measurement of that round so you know what the dimension is to seat that bullet to touch the lands of your barrel. Once you have that dimension it allows you to seat off the lands in whatever increment you choose to experiment with to find the sweet spot for that rifle. The comparator is a tool that just allows you to measure off the oglive of the bullet because that spot is more consistant than measuring off the tip of the bullet. You do still need to pay attention to the actual OAL length of the bullet in the instance where the throat of a barrel may be very deep and the OAL of a given bullet to touch the lands on it may actually be too long to feed out of a magazine.

[bear308]

must have, order one immediately. Started serious accuracy reloading with a remi .223 VS that would not shoot factory ammo for beans. Ten minutes with a fresh out of the oal guage got me three bullet depths (different bullets) that brought the gun under .75moa.

[Anon02]

The OAL guage allows you to seat a bullet into a modified case within the chamber of your rifle so that oglive of the bullet rests against the lands of the barrel, then you use the comparator to get a measurement of that round so you know what the dimension is to seat that bullet to touch the lands of your barrel. Once you have that dimension it allows you to seat off the lands in whatever increment you choose to experiment with to find the sweet spot for that rifle. The comparator is a tool that just allows you to measure off the oglive of the bullet because that spot is more consistant than measuring off the tip of the bullet. You do still need to pay attention to the actual OAL length of the bullet in the instance where the throat of a barrel may be very deep and the OAL of a given bullet to touch the lands on it may actually be too long to feed out of a magazine.


Thank you!

[bruce_ventura]

Does anyone use this system to determine the oal on your loads? I all ready have the comparator set and it works great so I was thinking about getting the oal gauge to determine more precise seating depths.
If you are reloading for a semi-auto rifle, an OAL gauge and comparator are must-have safety items, and should be used frequently. Catastrophic receiver failures are linked to reloaded ammunition that had the bullet depth set too far out.
Here is the scenario: during bolt closure the bullet hits the lands before the case is seated properly. The case protrudes from the chamber, causing the bolt to stop prematurely. If the forward momentum of the firing pin detonates the primer before the bolt fully closes and locks (gas-operated military rifles have free-floating firing pins) then BOOM! the receiver flies apart in your face. See the link below for a more detailed discussion and scary photos.

http://www.fulton-armory.com/ReloadingThoughts.htm

My life and eyesight :chris: are worth the cost of a comparator and OAL gauge. How about yours?

Bruce