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240 SMK OAL in a Pacnor

Gents,

Just picked up a new barreled upper. It's got a Pacnor barrel cut by Spook. As I'm loading some 240 SMKs, I tried a COL of 2.15 and the bullet jammed into the lands. So I reseated them to 2.0 and it would chamber. Is that common? Even factory loaded 220 SMKs from Corbon were too long. It just seems like a lot of the bullet in deep into the case.

Thanks,
Rum

from another thread; guess so....

Hornady 110 V-Max, OAL: 2.000
• 110 TSX, 2.015 OAL
• Sierra 155 Palma, 2.150 OAL
• Sierra 220, 2.089 OAL
• Lapua B416 200 grain, 1.960 OAL
• Hornady 150 FMJ-BT 3037, 2.065 OAL
• Nosler Ballistic Tip 125 grain, OAL: 2.085
• Remington AccuTip 125 grain, OAL: 2.085
• Hornady 130 SP #3020, OAL: 2.010
• Sierra H2120 125 ProHunter, OAL: 1.950
• Speer TNT 125 1986, OAL: 2.010

A 240 SMK is inside 3/4 of the case length. I don't think I've ever seated a pill that deep into a case.