Originally Posted by
Slowpoke Slim
Saw,
As for action length, what bullet and OAL of cartridge are you ending up with? My 6.5x284 is in a single shot 12F, and with the Berger 140 VLD match LR's I cannot extract a loaded round. The port length is too small. Just something to take into consideration.
If you're not sure what you're OAL will end up as, you can seat a bullet now and just drop it in your chamber, start seated long and keep seating it in until the cartridge head spaces. That will give you a good idea of cartridge length with bullet touching lands.