Quote Originally Posted by sundog View Post
Surely COAL is to standard spec and any rifle chambered for that particular cartridge should be able to be loaded with a cartridge to that spec. It sounds like that rifle was custom made and chambered to be shot with a specific bullet in which case the chap should have been given a 'dummy' chamber to check that his coal was ok or indeed checked in the rifles chamber. He could also have reseated the bullets a bit deeper rather than pull them.

My one fingered typing style is so slow Mr Bohannon replied,had dinner,a large cigar and brandy and forty winks before I posted this
No, as said above it will depend on bullet profile, in my creedmoor a 139 gr Lapa scenar can be loaded at saami length and it's 10 thou off the ands, with a 140 gr S&B loaded at 2.825 the bullet jams into the lands and pressure spikes.

Checking before you load up a bunch is a very good idea.....