Its NOT C.O.AL. it is....

[physeptone]

Sorry, but it's rampant......

https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/c...eloading-tips/

even from 'bullet head' makers

http://www.bergerbullets.com/effects...e-cbto-part-1/

[MikB]

C.O.L. CARTRIDGE OVERALL LENGTH. Overall is one word.

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Sorry, but OAL is a very long-accepted abbreviation for overall length - ship, aircraft, vehicles, cartridges, etc.

[severnsider]

Sorry, but OAL is a very long-accepted abbreviation for overall length - ship, aircraft, vehicles, cartridges, etc.

But it's loa for ships.

Herr Splitter.

[MikB]

But it's loa for ships.

Herr Splitter.

Or LBP.

But OAL is still a common - though less official - acronym.

[severnsider]

Or LBP.

But OAL is still a common - though less official - acronym.

But "length between perpendiculars" (LBP) is not the same as LOA. In over forty years of ship-related employment I've never come across "OAL" in relation to vessel measurement, whether in the registration paperwork, tonnage certificates or classification society nomenclature. Always happy to learn something new though, thanks!

[Parabuteo]

I still dont care