Criterion 6.5x47 question

[jsthntn247]

I bought a new barrel off another site, installed it and shot it yesterday. My coal with a 140 is 2.735 which seems short. If anyone else has this barrel, what are your measurements? I'm compressed at 39.5gr of H4350.

[LongRange]

what 140g bullet are you shooting?

[jsthntn247]

140 match burner.

[ngoforth]

I have loaded Berger 140 grain LRBT bullets at 2.800 with the same barrel as you without any problems but I did not use H4350. The 2.800 coal is from bergers manual. It worked well so i never tried any other seating depths before switching to lighter bullets.

[CavReconScout]

How did you arrive at 2.735 OAL?

[Iowa Fox]

Base to ogive is the number you want.

[jsthntn247]

Base to ogive is the number you want.

2.735 is the distance the bullets touch the lands. Base to ogive is 2.137 with my Hornady ogive comparator.

[darkker]

Just depends on the throat. I can't say about Barnes specifically, but purely by the numbers that is quite a bit shorter than my Shaw.

[EdKin]

If it was bought from an individual they may have ordered it with a short throat for shooting 123's or 130's