02-13-2018, 03:52 PM
In mine, a 123gr ELD-M measures 1.750" from the base to the ogive (where the bullet touches the lands) at max length. I generally load these to 1.688" to the ogive which gives me a gap of 0.062" to the lands. The nominal COL for these is 2.260" but it varies because the meplat varies a significant amount for these bullets, though the ogive measurement is the same. I can load them up to around 2.296" in my mags but I've found that the groups are tighter loaded shorter and they feed, chamber and lock up with no problems.