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Originally Posted by Eagle Trapper
Thanks fellas, since your all here, do you measure your max C.O.A.L of your specific rifle with the method elk hunter mentioned or do you use an actual devise?
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I started using the method described and then went and bought the Hornady tool. It took a while but I eventually found the special modified cases I needed and compared the results from the tool to the other method. I found them to be exactly the same. Another $50 down the drain....
I also read something interesting written by Brian Litz of Berger that was critical of using the COAL tool because the modified case may not sit the same way in your chamber that a fire formed case would. Here's a link
http://www.bergerbullets.com/wp-cont...13/03/COAL.pdf
They use the term Cartridge Base To Ogive or CBTO to describe the measurement made with an ogive tool rather than COAL.