Bbto is bullet base to ogive.Thanks for sharing your experience. Could you please tell me what bullet compaitor you use and bbto and cbto means? and is there a great book you can recommend that will take me step by step from intermediate to advanced reloading that includes simple to understand explanations of the how and why of advanced reloading? I own a great many from all the powder and bullet makers as well as multiple highly regarded reloading experts who specialize in competitive bench rest , but haven't bought a new one in a long time, at least 8-10 years.
Your advice on bedding actions is also exceptionally good. I have been going back and forth with getting a Bell and Carlson stock for my Tikka and have my smith bed the action, and had planned on replacing my M700 with a laminated stock and was going to have my smith make sure everything fit and bed the action so I might as well have him do my T3 while he is at it.
Cbto is cartridge base to ogive.
I use a hornady comparator, sinclair makes a great one like the hornady, but I hear the
Bob Green is the top of the line.
As far as reading material.
You're not going to find a better source for advanced reloading techniques than this site.
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