Gauging a dial caliper for reloading (9mm)

Doubs · 12-23-2020, 01:19 PM

If you close your caliper and zero the dial, you should be good to go.

Even if you use cases with the same headstamp and bullets from the same lot, there will be minor differences in your loads because there are differences in the components. Not all cases will be identical in length and not all bullets will have the same nose to ogive distance. The differences will be a few thousands of an inch but they will be there. You'll find the same differences in factory loaded cartridges.

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12-23-2020, 01:19 PM	#2
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,747 Thanks: 832 Thanked 1,805 Times in 595 Posts	If you close your caliper and zero the dial, you should be good to go. Even if you use cases with the same headstamp and bullets from the same lot, there will be minor differences in your loads because there are differences in the components. Not all cases will be identical in length and not all bullets will have the same nose to ogive distance. The differences will be a few thousands of an inch but they will be there. You'll find the same differences in factory loaded cartridges.