Finding your lands (video)

[Alex Wheeler]

This is a pretty common question, so I made a quick video. Hopefully it helps somebody out. I honestly believe it to be the most accurate way to do it.
http://www.wheeleraccuracy.com/#!information/p62ad

 

[dmoran]

Nice....... Great job....... well executed !.!.!

 

[vahena]

Great post and video, I wish I had this a year ago.
Thanks
Rob

 

[bsumoba]

this is how I am doing it now and it is very repeatable. a shooting buddy of mine told me this method literally a week ago. great video!

 

[potatoe]

Great stuff Alex! I've been needing a way to figure out the touch and this is great info. but wholy middle fingernail man! stop play so much paper football

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Great stuff Alex! I've been needing a way to figure out the touch and this is great info. but wholy middle fingernail man! stop play so much paper football

Thats what happens when you stick your finger in a belt sander. It only took me one time to learn its not a good idea

 

[potatoe]

Whats the farthest you've gone off of touch?

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Whats the farthest you've gone off of touch?

On problem barrels I have gone past .100" jump. It didnt work but I did try it. Usually my loads end up between .010" in the lands and .010" off the lands.

 

[Pappy42]

Thanks for the video. My education moved forward.

 

[potatoe]

On problem barrels I have gone past .100" jump. It didnt work but I did try it. Usually my loads end up between .010" in the lands and .010" off the lands.

What do you normally find is the distance between a hard jam and the touch?

 

[potatoe]

Between 10 thousands either direction in my dashers. 100% of them. Berger vlds, 103 vapor trail, h4895, Varget, Rl15. If it won't do it's job with one of those, take it off and buy a kreiger.

Tom

Thanks Tom, I've had a bunch of custom barrels and I have to agree with your choice on that one

 

[Alex Wheeler]

What do you normally find is the distance between a hard jam and the touch?

It depends on the bullet grip but about .030"

 

[Jet]

Great info, thanks Alex

Rich

 

[azshooter]

Well Done
Thank you!



Paul

 

[Warren Dean]

This is a pretty common question, so I made a quick video. Hopefully it helps somebody out. I honestly believe it to be the most accurate way to do it.
http://www.wheeleraccuracy.com/#!information/p62ad

Excellent video. thanks for making it.

 

[hoz53]

This is a pretty common question, so I made a quick video. Hopefully it helps somebody out. I honestly believe it to be the most accurate way to do it.
http://www.wheeleraccuracy.com/#!information/p62ad

Thanks Alex That helped clear things up for me. I'll try this method tomorrow.

 

[fastarget]

Alex, thank you for the vid. I went out and checked on the new set up and was 20 thou off, I had not removed the FP and Eject.

 

[CaptainMal]

Clear and simple video without being long and tedious. Quite informative.

You just did many of us a great service. Thanks.

 

[fredhorace77]

Im going to be the critical one and point out a problem....at the 23 second mark, he makes the statement that "it doesn't rely on feel" and then at the 3:20 mark he starts talking about feeling the click rather than being able to hear it...Im not saying this is not a good method...but to say that it doesn't rely on "feel" is not true. and he says it again at 4:33. However, this was a very informative video and I appreciate the time you spent to provide this for us.

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Thats true. What I was trying to say was with some tools you can push the bullet in the lands different amounts and that requires a "feel" to do it consistently. This way you have to feel for the click, but its either there or its not. So I should have said it doesnt require an acquired feel.