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<blockquote data-quote="diggler1833" data-source="post: 3984652" data-attributes="member: 48072">Even the &quot;good&quot; bullets will have variances in bullet base to ogive.&nbsp; Enough to throw you off by a couple thousandths if you don&#039;t sort (which I don&#039;t).Last night I had a Nosler Ballistic Tip that was .006 longer than the average to the ogive.&nbsp; I&#039;ve turned that round upside down and will use it as a sighter.&nbsp; The rest were within .003, with about 90% being within .002.If you just measure OAL, the meplat to base can vary by quite a bit.&nbsp; I&#039;m usually pretty happy when I&#039;m within .004 - .005 while using a match bullet.&nbsp; Sometimes it can be far worse.&nbsp; I&#039;ve got some .224, 69gr SMK that have about .015 difference in OAL out of the same box of 100.&nbsp; You want everything the same?&nbsp; Get out your comparator and sort beforehand.&nbsp; Not a lot of fun in my opinion though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="diggler1833, post: 3984652, member: 48072"] Even the "good" bullets will have variances in bullet base to ogive. Enough to throw you off by a couple thousandths if you don't sort (which I don't). Last night I had a Nosler Ballistic Tip that was .006 longer than the average to the ogive. I've turned that round upside down and will use it as a sighter. The rest were within .003, with about 90% being within .002. If you just measure OAL, the meplat to base can vary by quite a bit. I'm usually pretty happy when I'm within .004 - .005 while using a match bullet. Sometimes it can be far worse. I've got some .224, 69gr SMK that have about .015 difference in OAL out of the same box of 100. You want everything the same? Get out your comparator and sort beforehand. Not a lot of fun in my opinion though. [/QUOTE]

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