Shell position in BDL????

nwmnbowhunter said:

So growing up I was always told to load the round into magazine and slide it all the way back.

Discussing with another buddy, he was taught to put equal space in rear and front of a round.

I tried a couple my buddies way and they did seem to feed easier....

What's everyone's thoughts?

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nwmnbowhunter said:

So growing up I was always told to load the round into magazine and slide it all the way back.

Discussing with another buddy, he was taught to put equal space in rear and front of a round.

I tried a couple my buddies way and they did seem to feed easier....

What's everyone's thoughts?

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Also, I typically load my cartridges to mag length - 0.010", so there really isn't a forward, middle or back option.

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sable tireur said:

In general, yes.

However, with the trend of using short or medium length cartridges in long action magazines to enable the use of the longer for caliber VLD bullets, this won't stand up very well.

I find some of my cartridge lengths will vary due to the sweet spot for the OAL and accuracy.

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