Originally Posted by
SageRat Shooter
Mine is free floated also, just bedded the action up to the recoil lug... Your question is not dumb, and unfortunately I can't remember how far off the lands that is... My father is a ballistics expert and has been reloading since before I was even born. All of my knowledge has come from him. I had just started getting into varminting and really didn't know anything about rifles other than how to shoot them. He just started me on a load and seating depth that he had used on his 22-250. After we found one that was grouping well, I just started tweaking the seating depth a little to see what happened. I just happened to find those seating depths that really shrunk my group down... I made 5 rounds up (each) in increments of 2.10, 2.12, 2.15 and took the best group from that. I still don't know how far off it is to be honest. Now you've got me wondering how far off it actually is...
standard Specs for the 22-250 round are: 2.35 COAL and my 2.10 to 2.15 is measured to the ogive, which I'm sure you know is shorter than the COAL. I'll measure the COAL of one of my loaded rounds tonight to see what it is. that should get me an estimate within .01 or so of knowing how far off.