All right, so what I am gathering here is that the over all length of the cartridge isn't affected by the bullet style. Let's say a speer soft point bullet compared to a more pointed bullet like the hornady bullet. I'm down with that but why is there different recommended lengths listed on the WWW. that indicate different settings for each bullet?
Sorry guys, I'm just aggrivated over this reloading with my 22 Hornet. I am having problems with it crushing the neck of my cases when I try to seat and crimp the bullets. Now my nickel cases are flaking off around the rim of the neck and causing burrs. Aaahhh! Should I get a beller for this and slightly expand the neck so this doesn't happen. I don't seem to have this problem when I do this for my 44 brass when I bell the neck out some, not much just enough to get the bullet started.
So, the head space is really the shoulder seating into the chamber of the rifle, when I try to push an unfired case in there. This is actually the resistance I am getting not the bullet hitting the beginning of the rifling if my length is set right? I've heard these are a pain in the butt to reload and I am beginning to believe that. I am about tot he point of just selling all this 22 Hornet stuff and buy the factory loads.