04-19-2011, 02:03 PM
It's good to see that some magazines are more tolerant of long cartridges than others!
Problem is that even the 2.30" COAL leaves a maximum nose length of 0.64" -- ruling out a lot of bullets. I checked the Berger Quick Reference sheet and found that the added magazine length could likely let you use their 100 gr (0.600") and their 120 gr (0.597) BTHP bullets. Their BC's are 0.370 and
.453 respectively.
You could call Nosler, Hornady, and others to get advice on which of their bullets might work for the nominal magazine length as well as the slightly longer one that rasp65 mentioned.
Problem is that even the 2.30" COAL leaves a maximum nose length of 0.64" -- ruling out a lot of bullets. I checked the Berger Quick Reference sheet and found that the added magazine length could likely let you use their 100 gr (0.600") and their 120 gr (0.597) BTHP bullets. Their BC's are 0.370 and
.453 respectively.
You could call Nosler, Hornady, and others to get advice on which of their bullets might work for the nominal magazine length as well as the slightly longer one that rasp65 mentioned.