Trying to load some plinkers for my 110 FP. Just some stuff I had laying around and I don't know the brand but they are 110gr jacketed round nose. Cases are once fired Rem. To get the COL I closed the bolt on an empty chamber, pushed a 1/4 wooden dowell down the barrel and made a mark at the muzzle with a razor blade. Then I put a bullet (only) in the chamber, held it up against the start of the rifling with a dowell and made another mark. Using a steel scale and magnifiers I checked the distance between marks to be 2.609. This should be the cartridge OAL. HOWEVER with a 2.008 case length and a .660 bullet length this only puts .059 of the bullet in the case. I'm pretty sure thats not enuf. Watcha think?
tommyt