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Old 07-03-2012, 07:53 PM   #1
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Question Water capacity?

This is probably a real newbie question, but here goes.
I was reading an old article about handloading which said:
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Water capacity with a 250 grain Sierra MatchKing seated to the standard overall length of 3.68" is right around 98 grains.
This was about a .338 Lapua Mag.
I have no experience reloading rifle cartridges, and may never bother doing any. All I currently reload is pistol cartridges, but always look to learning.
My questions are:
What is the water capacity?
What does it relate to?
Is this a rifle only type thing, or is this something I should have been paying attention to?

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Old 07-03-2012, 08:28 PM   #2
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Water capacity of any brass rifle or pistol case is simply a shorthand method of comparing internal capacity between cases either of different calibers, mfrs, or sometimes cases from different lots from the same mfr. Never heard of putting a bullet in one to compare though.
 
Old 07-07-2012, 04:40 PM   #3
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Much appreciated retDAC.
Always learning.

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