cory Wrote:I put the correct terminology for you in red in the quote. COL is the correct term for the end to end length of your loaded ammo. OAL is the length from the primer end of the brass to the ogive of the bullet. You'll need a hornady or forster comparator to measure that.
I apologize as this is in large part my fault.
This is a thread for reloading data. There's a thread dedicated to the OAL/COL of these barrels. Let's move this conversation there, please.
Let's try to keep this thread on track.
I will go to the other Thread but I thought, still confused apparently, OAL is from end of case to the tip of the bullet. COAL is when your using the comparator and is the Comparator Over All Length (COAL). Thats what I understand from Hornady.
The OAL will be longer than the COAL, COAL measures I thought were from the Ogive to case end. Now if I'm wrong please forgive me and all of these measuring techniques really need a sticky.