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short vs long mag
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<blockquote data-quote="Carey Farmer" data-source="post: 3098738" data-attributes="member: 122715"><p>28 Nosler case is .464" longer at the shoulder than 7 mm WSM. Both are 35 degree shoulders. Long action magazine is about 0.8" longer than short action. That extra 0.34" of space for the bullet makes a world of difference for accommodating heavy-for-caliber bullets. </p><p></p><p>And the long action's extra 25 - 30% case capacity will get those heavy-for-caliber bullets up to speed at lower chamber pressures - no need to load "warm".</p><p></p><p>All that said, the big cases and slower powders seem to me to be a little less accurate than the smaller cases / faster powders.</p><p></p><p>Everything's a trade-off. Depends on what's most important to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carey Farmer, post: 3098738, member: 122715"] 28 Nosler case is .464" longer at the shoulder than 7 mm WSM. Both are 35 degree shoulders. Long action magazine is about 0.8" longer than short action. That extra 0.34" of space for the bullet makes a world of difference for accommodating heavy-for-caliber bullets. And the long action's extra 25 - 30% case capacity will get those heavy-for-caliber bullets up to speed at lower chamber pressures - no need to load "warm". All that said, the big cases and slower powders seem to me to be a little less accurate than the smaller cases / faster powders. Everything's a trade-off. Depends on what's most important to you. [/QUOTE]
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