I might be splitting hairs here but if not this is the time to think about it. I just ordered a 6.5 Bartlein sendero to put on my HS 2000 action and lower metal. The mag will take a cartridge with a max coal of 2.840 +/-.
Ideally I would like to have a chamber that, under the constraints of the mag coal, would be able to seat most 120-143 eld type profile bullets with a max cbto to kiss the lands.
I will use this rifle for varmints and all around target shooting but not any kind of serious competition.
I was thinking about getting a chamber print of the ptg reamer and doing some math. If I find I will be constrained by the coal to be able to extend out to max cbto then would it make sense to look at getting a reamer with out throat and making my own custom throat length?
Is this possible to do this and figure out an average for the throat length or are the bullets' ogives so different that it would only make sense to go thru this exercise to match a chamber to a specific bullet profile/weight?
I know that every barrel will be unique but it seems like it would be best, if possible, to be able to figure out your ideal jump starting closer to the lands and then working back rather than starting at some mid point or possibly farther back due to mag constraints.
On other thought would be to narrow down the spectrum of bullets to ones I would want to use for repetitive shooting and for any extreme coals just plan on top loading those ones so I have no mag constraint.
Ideally I would like to have a chamber that, under the constraints of the mag coal, would be able to seat most 120-143 eld type profile bullets with a max cbto to kiss the lands.
I will use this rifle for varmints and all around target shooting but not any kind of serious competition.
I was thinking about getting a chamber print of the ptg reamer and doing some math. If I find I will be constrained by the coal to be able to extend out to max cbto then would it make sense to look at getting a reamer with out throat and making my own custom throat length?
Is this possible to do this and figure out an average for the throat length or are the bullets' ogives so different that it would only make sense to go thru this exercise to match a chamber to a specific bullet profile/weight?
I know that every barrel will be unique but it seems like it would be best, if possible, to be able to figure out your ideal jump starting closer to the lands and then working back rather than starting at some mid point or possibly farther back due to mag constraints.
On other thought would be to narrow down the spectrum of bullets to ones I would want to use for repetitive shooting and for any extreme coals just plan on top loading those ones so I have no mag constraint.
