Thread: AOL gauges? Worth it?

I have recently ordered an OAL gauge from Sinclairs but have been using to date a sized case with a slot cut down the neck (used a hacksaw) to allow the projectile to slide back into the case whilst still maintaining a hold on it. (same effect as partially sizing the neck) Then its a matter of feeding the case with projectile into chamber and slowly closing the bolt.

The idea of the slot is to allow the projectile to be pushed back into the case on contact with the lands without having the lands ride up onto the projectile as can happen with the more pointy high BC bullets.

Then its a matter of extracting the case and measuring with a calipers.

That my 10 cents worth..........