20 Best Barrel Length For 308 Win (2022 Updated)

First off, I’ve only been using this iron for a few weeks so I can’t speak to the longevity of the product. However, what I can say is I am so impressed by my results so far! I have thick, coarse, medium-to-long hair and this makes it so smooth and soft.

It glides effortlessly through my hair and my hair doesn’t get snagged anywhere or create any unflattering crimps, because the clamp is not too tight and the texture of the plates are so silky. With the long barrel, it would be very hard to get tangles or have hair spill over the end as you curl.

So it’s very beginner friendly for someone who is not used to a standard curling iron with a clamp. For me personally, all it takes is for the iron to be heated to 390, a little medium hold hairspray to set, and these curls will last for days! Of course on the second day, it goes from a full curl to more of a soft wave.

but that soft wave looks great and lasts a full 3 days. Personally I wash my hair twice a week so I haven’t really tested longer than that. I’m sure that as with any iron, results will depend on hair type, technique, and the products you use in conjunction with it.

For me I’m very pleased. Overall, I was apprehensive about the price but as long as this iron holds up over time, I think it’s a terrific investment.

My stylist uses this every time I get my hair done and always gives the perfect laid back loose curl. I have a ton of styling tools but convinced myself that I needed this because of the long barrel.

I have medium length (slightly below shoulder length) hair and was able to curl my hair so easily without needing to tug or re-wrap my hair around the barrel. I also love that you can optimize the heat based on your hair type.

It heats up to 430 degrees but I ended up using 360 and didn’t feel like it was drying my hair. The instructions for how to lock the temp are on the handle. You’ll definitely want to lock your temperature setting – because of the location of the +/- buttons, you end up hitting these multiple times while curling your hair which would be so frustrating if you couldn’t lock down your temp.

All in all, I absolutely recommend this. (In the pic, left side is uncurled hair, right side is curled – no products were used to style) #hairstyle #curlingiron.

This iron blew me away. I can’t believe I waited so long to get it. I keep my hair anywhere from middle of my chest to rib cage length, so I thought the longer barrel would be useful. When I tell you my curls/waves have NEVER looked better, I mean it!! I prefer wavier curls because I like to keep my length, but I never was able to master the “twist and drop” technique that’s really popular right now.

I decided to purchase this iron because I saw lots of hair dressers on TikTok using it. This iron achieves that “twist and drop” look without any effort on my part. I curl my hair like usual! Every curl is smooth and stays for days–and I have pin straight, hard to keep a curl, type hair.

If this broke tomorrow, I would place an order immediately. I don’t think it compares to any other hot tool out there.

I just recently discovered Ulta and they were having a sale with the T3 base and attachments half price so I took a risk and got the base plus three attachments, including this one, after reading lots of reviews and watching YouTube videos.

I’ve literally never had success with curls. Hairdressers always give me Shirley temple curls, and at home they seem to always fall out. Granted, I also got some styling products to try at the same time, but these products are amazing! This tapered barrel works best for my daughter who has medium length hair.

For myself I prefer the regular wand because my longer hair tends to fall a little off the small end, but it’s still a good look. I can’t tell a difference in how the curls look between the two but the regular wand is easier to use on myself with long hair.

Also I am extremely grateful for the heat protector glove included with the base! I wouldn’t be able to use this without it.

**This review is for the Convertible Iron Base, Polished Curls attachment, Cascading Waves attachment, Voluminous Curls Attachment, and the Tousled Curls Attachment**: I can’t explain HOW excited I was for this iron and attachments.

I had decided to splurge on a luxury curling iron system to try and streamline my hair appliances and had heard such good things about this system. I love my T3 hair dryer and felt confident in the brand but was so severely disappointed.

I did not purchase a trio, I decided to pick attachments out separately as I decided to pick a few more out the day after my initial purchase due to wanting to take advantage of the sale prices, and when each arrived I would rush to try it out only to find that NONE of them would hold a curl in my hair for more than a half hour.

At first I thought it was just the largest size barrel being the problem but I soon found out it was the same for all of them! I tried with hairspray, without, with gel, etc. I would work with each one for a few days in different ways to see if I could get it to hold without any success.

5 minutes after curling I would notice the curls quickly dropping until an hour later my head looked like I had flat ironed it! I have never experienced that to that degree with any other iron in my life and I am quite experienced with curling irons, including other luxury brands.

I literally have an old Conair iron from when I was a teenager that holds curl better than this! My hair is fine but there is a good amount of it and it is not chemically processed, but it is naturally wavy-curly and usually has semi-decent success clinging to a more curled shape naturally and good success if I use products.

Not with the T3. Such a disaster. I was so sad because this curling iron system is absolutely beautiful, made solidly and made my hair so soft and shiny but I could use it as more of a shine enhancing flat iron than I could as a curling iron.

I don’t know what it is about this iron that repels holding a curl in my hair. I felt this review needed to be written though because all I seem to see is positive reviews and I know I can’t be the only fine haired person that has had this issue before so I would be wary if your hair is hard to curl, because I wouldn’t even classify mine as that and it sure was with this! Sadly all the iron parts are being returned and I will take my business elsewhere.

Loved the idea of this interchangeable system, but something does not make this compatible with hair like mine.

My favorite item from T3! Recently got this as an addition to my trio set, and it has quickly risen to the very top of my favorites! I currently have very long, layered hair, and this adds very loose, very soft waves that lasts! The waves don’t last as long as the ones using the tighter wands, but I think that has to do with how long my hair has gotten, which is currently down to my waist in the back, with very long layers throughout, and the front layers are past my bra cups.

This makes hair very heavy, and I don’t think it’s realistic to expect the waves to last all day, but they do last a long time! By the time my day is over with, I don’t care about those waves much anymore anyway, and my hair just looks a bit more voluminous than it would normally look if I hadn’t done anything to it.

Overall a great buy! I love this wand, and I love how pretty it is, too!.

I always play darts and from very long time was looking for quality darts and I’m really happy with the product

Very good grip, nice quality.

Great darts for the money

This is a good company and I am very satisfied with the curling iron. I would have given it 5 stars but for one thing. With my length of hair I use 3 curling irons, all 3 are connected to a power source.

Instead of turning all 3 on individually I turn on 1 switch. This curler does not stay on, so I have to manually turn it on every time after I have turned on the power source. It’s a small inconvenience but still an inconvenience.

Perhaps it has something to do with new curler regulations?.

I bought this as a birthday gift for my young sister. She took it out and used it the next day. She loves it. She said it’s getting hot fast, but pretty even. It’s easy to use. I’m surprised since this iron is cheaper than a lot of the brand names I’ve seen.

At decent price and good quality, this is a good buy.

I love this curler!!!! I prefer thick wave, so this was it for me. 1 1/2 inch. I like how it is easy to make a curl, and shows the lcd screen. Also as it stated it came with glove, so I did not have to buy extra.

I always wear it while using it so it prevents me from getting burn. Also the quality is great! Not like cheap material!.

I wish I had a better idea of which type of attachment to buy. I finally broke down and bought a T3 convertible base and this attachment after reading how much everyone that has one loves it. I have an old BabyLiss tapered barrel curling iron with a tiny clip to hold the ends that I love but it’s over 20 years old and I recently noticed that the cord is busted open and the wires are exposed and some are broken from years of use.

It still works but I know it’s only a matter of time. Unfortunately trying to get information from the T3 website was zero help. They should show photos of what type of curl is achieved from each attachment.

I bought this one and basically it just curls my ends. I really struggle with the curling wands but I’m going to have to learn how to use them. I have extra long hair so if you do too and are looking for a curler that gives you that body wave look skip this attachment.

It heats up rapidly just like it claims and it stays the same temperature. It smooths the hair cuticle beautifully. I think I just need to exchange for a smaller barrel.

I’m so shocked to see negative reviews on here! I’ve had this clip barrel 3 years and it’s still going strong! My hair grows extremely fast so I’ve used this on a wide range of lengths – from shoulder to lower back, and it does a fantastic job.

My hair is naturally wavy and thick, and I used to have to straighten my hair first if I wanted to curl it. With this curling iron, I can go directly from air dried to curls! I use it on the 3rd setting and would recommend avoiding the 4th and 5th even if you usually go for the highest setting on other tools.

Always use a heat protectant as well. I love Bumble and Bumble’s heat/uv protective primer. I normally don’t make the effort to use hair spray, and my curls stills hold for 2-3 days, though they obviously fall a bit after a few days while still looking very pretty.

It makes my hair very shiny and frizz free. Based on my experience with this barrel, I will be buying the 1 inch clip barrel as well, for tighter curls.

**This review is for the Convertible Iron Base, Polished Curls attachment, Cascading Waves attachment, Voluminous Curls Attachment, and the Tousled Curls Attachment**: I can’t explain HOW excited I was for this iron and attachments.

I had decided to splurge on a luxury curling iron system to try and streamline my hair appliances and had heard such good things about this system. I love my T3 hair dryer and felt confident in the brand but was so severely disappointed.

I did not purchase a trio, I decided to pick attachments out separately as I decided to pick a few more out the day after my initial purchase due to wanting to take advantage of the sale prices, and when each arrived I would rush to try it out only to find that NONE of them would hold a curl in my hair for more than a half hour.

At first I thought it was just the largest size barrel being the problem but I soon found out it was the same for all of them! I tried with hairspray, without, with gel, etc. I would work with each one for a few days in different ways to see if I could get it to hold without any success.

5 minutes after curling I would notice the curls quickly dropping until an hour later my head looked like I had flat ironed it! I have never experienced that to that degree with any other iron in my life and I am quite experienced with curling irons, including other luxury brands.

I literally have an old Conair iron from when I was a teenager that holds curl better than this! My hair is fine but there is a good amount of it and it is not chemically processed, but it is naturally wavy-curly and usually has semi-decent success clinging to a more curled shape naturally and good success if I use products.

Not with the T3. Such a disaster. I was so sad because this curling iron system is absolutely beautiful, made solidly and made my hair so soft and shiny but I could use it as more of a shine enhancing flat iron than I could as a curling iron.

I don’t know what it is about this iron that repels holding a curl in my hair. I felt this review needed to be written though because all I seem to see is positive reviews and I know I can’t be the only fine haired person that has had this issue before so I would be wary if your hair is hard to curl, because I wouldn’t even classify mine as that and it sure was with this! Sadly all the iron parts are being returned and I will take my business elsewhere.

Loved the idea of this interchangeable system, but something does not make this compatible with hair like mine.

Bought this to store wood pellets. Looks great next to the wood stove, and holds many days supply.

I’m really happy with this half-barrel so far & plan to buy another one soon.

A great barrel but a bit pricey. If it were less expensive, I would have bought more than one.

This card has been a stellar pickup for me. Its stock performance at default settings was a bit lower than the average for 3080 12GB cards, though still a lot higher than even a good 3070 Ti card. The reason for its performance not being as high as some others is because, like its predecessor the 10GB Ventus model from MSI, it features a rather low power limit compared to its direct competition.

The 10GB had just 320W to work with, while this card has 350W, and that is a hardware-enforced limit so it isn’t something you can just drag a slider to overcome. So, being that its performance by default is power-limited, how can you get better than stock performance without the usual route of running more power through it and overclocking? The answer lies in undervolting! A process that is safe and effective, placing no additional load on the GPU and in fact making it run cooler, with less power usage at a given clock speed.

Not every card will have the same undervolting performance, but the process of finding your card’s efficiency point couldn’t be easier. You can see my attached screenshot for my voltage curve and resulting 3DMark scores for my MSI Ventus 3080 12GB 3X Plus OC, about 5% more than I got with it stock with better thermals and power.

Its stock boost behavior tended to stay in the mid-1800s or low 1900s while drawing a full 350W at 1. 1V for its highest clocks. Undervolted, its clock is stable at or around 1995MHz at. 9V, which has proven stable for my chip in all testing and all gaming applications including raytracing-enabled and advanced DX12 games.

This stability lets it achieve greater performance while drawing typically lower wattage and also therefor lower temperatures. The lower temperatures are also related to its boost stability, as nVidia’s boosting algorithm takes temperature into account.

The only downside to undervolting is that it takes a moment of your time and some stability testing, that’s it. Unlike overvolting which places additional strain on components, this actually lets them do their job under even safer conditions than stock! Before you start, run a benchmark at its stock settings so you can get an idea of how high it wants to boost.

You will not be able to exceed its stock boost behavior, which might use a voltage as high as 1. 1V, with your undervolt, and in fact will probably need to use a lower clock than that, so keep that in mind.

My card would boost to 2040Mhz at stock, but only for a split second as it would quickly become power limited and downclock further. But, that gave me a good idea of what a realistic goal should be as I undervolted: definitely not quite that high.

Once you’ve got an idea of what it does stock, get started: 1. Install MSI’s excellent “Afterburner” software, and set a clock offset of -260 right off the bat in the “Core Clock MHz” box on that software, and click the checkmark “Apply” button, to the right of the floppy disk-looking “Save Settings” button.

That will set the voltage to a very reasonable curve right away, close to the stock boost frequency from nVidia’s design. 2. hit “Ctrl+F” to open up the Voltage Curve editor. You want to find the vertical line corresponding to.

9V, and (using either your mouse, or your arrow keys) move the frequency point at that. 9V line up to a reasonable setting. Because my card did 2040Mhz at 1. 1V, I first tried moving this to 1935MHz, which it easily achieved in testing.

Set your card’s frequency at. 9V to something reasonable based on your own card’s stock clock, and hit the “Apply” checkmark. That will automatically change the rest of the curve so that it now uses that voltage and under for its clock rates, and never exceeds.

9V. 3. If stability testing does not result in benchmarks failing to run or crashing, congratulations, you’ve got a working undervolt! Test in some demanding games, titles that use DX12 and Raytracing, and if you get stable performance without issues or crashing, you’ve just saved power and gained performance.

4. Now, you can start to tune the performance level up. Boosting works in 15MHz increments, so move it up 15MHz at a time, repeat testing, and find what level of performance you can get at. 9V – well below stock voltage, and thus at a lower power usage overall with better temperatures.

I found my chip remains perfectly stable and has performance improvements up to 1995MHz at. 9V, which was good for a substantial performance gain over the stock settings as it will dial into that clock speed and stay there for the duration of gaming, instead of throttling! Other voltages may work, but with only 350W, “less” can be “more” for performance.

Remember to use the floppy disk-looking “Save” feature to save your resulting profile to one of the numbers on the right of MSI Afterburner to easily apply it again later, or even at startup. I hope this review has been helpful to others who bought this excellent value card.

I wish you all success and happiness getting the most from it!.

I will be honest. After doing a lot of research I wasn’t set on getting this MSI card. It has had some mixed reviews and wasn’t the top recommended card. This card and the price , although still a bit high was closer to my idea of fair price and it was in stock so i bought it.

I have seen MSI put out a few bad mother boards and cards over a few years but also have seen them fix those issues and put out some highly praised mother boards and cards. I have been gaming for 20 years so i have been around and seen the good and bad.

It happens to best of manufactures and it is what they do to fix quality control that counts. I bought a Tomahawk mother board after Hardware On Boxing did a review and showed MSI really stepped up and made a better board then last before.

So I am hoping this card will hold up and time will tell. I have only had it for about 2 weeks so I will definitely keep this review updated. Card work out of the box and is running 4k maxed above 60 fps all day long and temps and other are great with factory settings.

I wont over clock it or even tweak settings as its doing everything I want with out a fuss. So It is new but so far so good.

Some games just run bad with these 30 series cards. I’ve tried 3 different cards from different manufacturers and they all run bad. I’m not sure if this is due to poor drivers from NVIDIA or something on Windows conflicting with the games.

But man, you’d think these new 30 series cards would blow games out of the water, this isn’t the case. Some games do run fine though. While others like Dying Light 2 do nothing but stutter. I’ve tried several different hardware configurations and nothing has resolved it.

I’ve tried countless of suggestions and solutions to no avail. The card itself is nice in terms of build and isn’t too much of an eye sore. I prefer MSI cards over other’s to be honest. So I don’t think this is a manufacturing issue.

I mean for such a high price for these cards, I expect more in terms of performance.

I made the decision to purchase this as a Christmas present for my husband. When it arrived, I staged it with the rest of his presents. Fast forward through the hustle and bustle of the Season and it’s time to wrap the gifts.

I did not open the cardboard box it is shipped in, I just wrapped it. It was one of two of his “big gifts”. As he worked his way up to opening, I began to get anxious because I didn’t quite know what to expect.

it was wrapped, sight-unseen. I was SO nervous! My concerns immediately resolved; the packaging is lovely! It comes in what looks and feels handcrafted wooden box. Product packaging and presentation underscores an item’s quality in my opinion.

I was so pleased, and breathed a huge sigh of relief to myself. I was also concerned the printing on the engraving would be hard to read, but it was splendid! An excellent job on that as well adding a nice personal touch.

The watch has a really nice weight to it, it’s of substance and really wonderfully designed and crafted. The watch face with the wooden inlay accents are exquisite and the band is really, really nice.

I’m very happy with my purchase and he absolutely loves it! Let the compliments commence!!.

Purchased this watch as an engagement/birthday gift for my fiancé. Ordering was simple, it arrived on time, packaged beautifully, and he absolutely loved it. My review would have been 5 stars, but I have two major complaints.

Firstly, when ordering, the site prompted me to include the recipient’s email so that they could be sent care instructions. It even had me enter the date the gift would be given, so I assumed no emails would be sent until after that designated date, otherwise I would not have provided his email address.

Emails to my fiancé began immediately, completely ruining the surprise, which was super irritating and disappointing. If you continue to offer that prompt for gifts at checkout, actually wait till the given date to send emails!!! The second, larger problem I experienced was the watch arrived with a quite noticeable scratch in the leather band.

It’s the first thing we both noticed when the package was opened. Again, super disappointing. Beside that, the watch is beautiful, but I just couldn’t believe there was a big scratch on it straight out of the box.

I’d send it back, but I had it engraved, and I know it can’t be exchanged.

My first set of nice darts. If you don’t like a bulky dart then these are for you. I’m a little skeptical if the rear stem will hold up if it gets hit by another dart but super easy design to slide the flight in.

The tips feel heavy duty and durable. Feel great in the hand and the ribbing adds for extra grip without extra bulk.

New set of darts after 20 odd years using my first set of Amber Jacks. Love these darts. The grip is a bit strange but Im getting very use to them. Great service and speedy delivery. Very happy with the whole proccess.

This 22g set is really useful as an alternative to a heavier dart when learning & improving your dart throwing. A great looking set that is truely inspirational, along with the 24g set which I also recently purchased from Rebel.

Exactly what we wanted. Great quality and construction and it actually hold liquid without leaking

Weight 13. 2 lbs. Ceramic. Plants not included. Large: 12″ diameter x 8 1/2″ high; medium: 8 3/4″ diameter x 6 1/2″ high; small: 6 3/8″ diameter x 4 3/4″ high. There are holes in the bottom for drainage.

The large pot is good for 4 inch container rose shrub The medium pot is good for 2 inch container rose shrub The small pot is good for a Jade plant, cactus plant or any other slow grower. I will take a picture and show everyone in the spring time.

1-866-669-6536 (customer service-Koehler home decor).

I love this product. It works very well. Came with a few scratches but not the product’s fault.

Perfect description holds exactly what it states

Super! 👍🏻

Works to keep your face mask from hurting behind your ears. The disposable one-time use face masks (blue surgical masks) have very stretchy bands so no modification is needed. Some of the home-made face masks have less stretchy loops, and you may have to add a rubber band to achieve the right tension.

I was going to be a poll worker and that would mean wearing a face mask for about 14 hours. You can search the internet and find more information. The image is from a website but this reviews don’t allow links to websites.

This is the smallest Barrel of Monkey’s I have ever seen! The monkey’s themselves are super tiny. Not sure how anyone could successfully plan the actual game. I bought them for a Toy Story baby shower as part of the decorations.

I laughed when I opened the barrel!.

After having used the older version of Barrel of Monkeys, this version seemed puny. The size is considerably smaller, the monkeys are all one color, (the garish colors of the barrel,) and there are no longer numbers on their bellies.

My class of 3 year old preschool kids still enjoy them, but since I have an older version as well, I did get comments about the differences. I also notice that they generally seem to prefer the older version, even though it is missing two monkeys.

Another instance of the end cap popping off. 5 batting practices and 10 games (35-40 at bats) Not an expensive bat compared to some kids on the team but my son enjoyed it and no one had more base hits or deep balls than him.

Ive seen more than 50 reviews for this bat stating the end cap flew off. Contacted Easton to express our disappointment. Asked if we could get a voucher for the price of the 650 as I wanted to upgrade to a more quality bat.

Was told that if I sent the damaged bat with the original receipt, they would replace it with the same bat. NO EXCEPTIONS! (Even though the lady admitted it shouldnt have happened) Sent in the bat and receipt along with a note that I wouldnt want my son to read.

Did NOT include my address and DID include a picture of the new Louisville Slugger Solo 618 that I purchased for our tournament summer. Easton just lost 2 customers for life.

My daughter recently got this bat when she made the local double AA baseball team in our town. The ball frequently finds it’s way to the outfield on contact and she never complains about vibrations. She uses this bat in games and during practices.

She has been using it all season and others from her team regularly use it now. We have also noticed that his bat is popular with other teams too. We are very happy with this bat.

I bought this bat for $40 ($80 retail) as a practice bat for my son. I also purchased a $300 bat at a sporting goods store as a “game-use only” bat. Honestly, my son can’t tell the difference between the two as a 7th grader.

I’m very pleased with the purchase and the price.

Starting out, the only reason I gave it 2 stars was because it does it’s job of holding plates. The Cerakote finish is absolute garbage. After putting on the plates and taking them for the first time the coating became significantly scratched and chipped.

There is a significant cloud of cerakote dust that fills the air around the bar, and settles on the bar, the floor and walls around it. I reached out to rogue and was told this was absolutely normal, cerakote is not supposed to be resistant to abrasion.

However I refused to believe that it should be this bad. Why? Because I have cerakote bars from other companies in my gym, none of them have behaved this way after a couple uses. I then reached out to cerakote to ask some questions.

After exchanging a few emails an pictures I was told that my rogue bar probably had a poor application. However after the pictures were exchanged I was told the following… “ I noticed that the Cerakote looks pretty dry and chalky.

This is a sign that when the coating was applied it was dry sprayed. When a Cerakote is dry sprayed it tremendously decreases the durability and adhesion. ” I was told I should reach out to rogue by this kind cerakote rep, but I already had and was told this was normal behavior for their bar.

Which makes me believe that this was not a poor application, but rather they do in dry sprayed for whatever reason they thought was best. Not a good look for a company that everyone tells me is the best.

Will not be recommending to friend, family or my gym.

I purchased the ODB in black/black cerakote. I love the knurling on my OPB’s and wondered if the same knurling style on a deadlift bar would be preferable? After owning this bar for 6 months, my opinion is, it’s a great deadlift bar, but maybe not be the best option available.

I actually own two deadlift bars. This bar, and the other beloved deadlift bar from a different company. That company we all know about, located in Texas. While I prefer the knurling of the ODB to that of the ‘other’ deadlift bar I mentioned, as well as the superior corrosion resistance of cerakote, the ‘other’ bar probably wins out and here’s why.

The whip! A deadlift bar is all about the whip. The more whip the bar has, the more upright you can start your pull. The ‘other’ bar has thicker collars and a longer loadable sleeve length. So, the weights are more pushed out and you can load more plates on the sleeve which further provides the bar with greater whip.

The ODB, with it’s thinner collars and shorter sleeves, is just a stiffer bar. You might like that or you might hate it. Whip is a personal preference. You can cheat this a little bit by putting a barbell collar on each sleeve of the ODB, THEN adding your plates for the lift.

This pushes the weights further out on the sleeve, thus creating a little more whip on the ODB. It’s not the best option, but it does work somewhat. This bar might also be a good choice if you’re a complete degenerate like myself and want to purchase as many specialty bars as possible.

I actually rotate stiff bars and both deadlift bars into my deadlift rotation to constantly change the leverages. That might be a silly reason for many to buy more than one deadlift bar. That is for you to decide.

But if you want a deadlift bar and prefer the volcano knurling, the ODB is a great option.

These RCBS headspace mics can be used for many things. I use mine to check the headspace on fired brass and on brass I have full length resized. I have several headspace gauges from several companies and this one gives me the most confidence in what I am doing.

For starters, this thing does not use a caliper its stand alone, its that good. Next, it works whether the fired primer is still in the fired case, where other caliper based headspace gauges specifically state the primer needs to be removed before you can get accurate readings with their gauge.

That alone is an advantage. To use this thing, you really have to sit down and read the instructions that come with it. and probably reread the instructions a second time as the info is not exactly intuitive type info unless you have prior training as a gunsmith or a military armorer.

I use this gauge to ensure my resizing die is set up properly. As well as to spot check my full length resized brass, to ensure my brass is not being under resized but not being overly resized. Numbers dont lie and thats what this gauge relies on, numbers.

As a head space gauge this tool gets 5/5. As a bullet comparator this tool gets 5/5. As a bullet seating depth gauge (to find the lands) this tool gets close to 0/5. You can quickly measure head space on fired cases and then measure after your full length size to adjust by 0.

002″ to maximize brass life (big plus). You can compare bullets from different manufactures and see the difference in relative bullet jump which immediately tells me what ammo will shoot well or poorly for my rifle (nice bonus).

However, determining bullet seating depth is a giant pain in the your rear end. The tool relies on friction to push the bushing (at the rear) forward after the bullet nose hits the lands (rifling), however, you are relying on the same friction to keep the same bushing from pulling backwards (messing up the measurement) as the extractor tries to removed the jammed bullet from the chamber.

It will either rip the bushing off (leaving the rest of the tool jammed in the chamber), or will pull the bushing back some giving you very inconsistent measurements. The ONLY way to use this tool (besides putting it in the trash) is to use the gauge to precisely set a bullet seating depth that is short of the lands, then work your way up every 0.

005″ until you hit the lands (and probably pull the bushing off the tool as mentioned earlier). Then try to find the sweet spot by adjusting the tool by the 0. 001″ (before chambering) until the action cycles smoothly without messing up the measurement at the maximum value you can consistently get to work.

Then you finally have your bullet seating depth that hits the lands within 0. 001-2″. It will take you a solid hour or more the first time you do this to get a good measurement and lots of cursing when the tool jams in the camber.

But it will eventually work. I’ve done this method with 223, 308 and 300 Win Mag micrometers from RCBS. Oh, and you’ll have to manually seat the gauge into the extractor (and depress the ejector) each time you try to use the gauge to ensure you get a good measurement.

I’m buying a Hornady OAL gauge to verify my work with the RCBS gauge.

This is a great little tool. Ever wonder whether your chamber is cut a couple thousandths deeper than SAAMI spec? This gauge will show it. I have two AR-15’s with a 4 thousandths inch discrepancy between chamber depths.

As long as I set my shoulder back to the shorter chamber depth I wouldn’t have to keep ammo separated between the two. Before I could measure this feature I would occasionally get a round that would not fully chamber.

Read the instructions and set up your FL sizer or your body die using this gauge to locate the shoulder. You won’t be sorry. Just don’t oil the juncture of the nut and scale (the thimble). Its precisely clocked and then glued on.