Just make sure you don't flare the case mouth before seating the bullet. It won't work if you are loading lead/coated lead bullets because the bullet will shave off when seated or it will hang up on the case mouth. The flare could cause the cartridge to hang up before finding the max oal.
Excellent point. Next time you shoot your TS2.... pick up 5 or 6 cases off the ground.
THAT'S ALL ! Don't Size them. Don't flare them. Don't de-prime them. Don't polish them. Don't step on them.
Simply pick them up.Then when you get back to the reloading area, try a new bullet in each one. It will be difficult, but on 1 or 2 instances the bullet will go inside the case, but
not fall back out. The bullet will be free to move, but it will fit tight enough that you'll need to push it, to get it to move inside the case.
That's the perfect case !Set the test cartridge length to something very long, like 1.200".
A snug fit that holds the bullet in place in all positionsThen, push that very long test cartridge into the gun's chamber all the way, until the head of the case comes up flush with the barrel hood.
Push the test cartridge until it goes all the way inThen, carefully pull the test cartridge out of the chamber, and measure it's length
WITHOUT changing its length. Do this 5 to 10 times until you start getting the same number over and over. That's your measured length.
In this example, the measured length was 1.100"Finally, subtract 0.015" from that the measured length to get your calculated Max OAL. That number represents the LONGEST cartridge you should be using in THAT chamber with THAT bullet.
Now you are free choose any OAL between 1.000" and your calculated Max OAL. Of course, there are many reasons not to go too short. When the calculated Max OAL falls shorter than 1.100", then the calculated Max OAL is most proabably a good number to use.
Hope this helps.
