l know the majority of reloaders will already be on top of this but l thought l'd put this up for the guys who are not
l had to reload some ammo and was sorting the bullets by measuring from the bullet base to the ogive
these bullets are 142gr sierra matchkings so they are a match bullet that you would expect to be very consistent especially if you see the price of them
but like all bullets they are not perfect and l like to sort them for better consistency
these photo's show 2 bullets at the length measured from base to point
and then the measurement from the base to ogive that is within the limit l set
your seater die should be seating the bullet by the seater sitting on the ogive and pushing down so you may see a difference in bullet heights with the reloaded ammo but they will measure the same at the ogive, where it counts because your jump to the lands is measured from the ogive to where it touches the lands. if your seater die pushes from the bullet tip the ogive lengths will be all over the place resulting in bigger groups
here is a sighting target l did the other day with these 142gr bullets, the high shot is the first out of a cold clean barrel then the other 4 group together as good as l could shoot at 200y in a stiff wind, l believe every little bit helps