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Is freebore the amount of space in your chamber that exceedes the maximum oacl. For example the nosler handloading manual says that in 300 win mag my oacl should not exceed 3.340. But after several measurement of my chamber i come up with a measurement of 3.580 to the lans of the barrel. Does...

I have been trying to figure out my aocl in my t/c encore pro hunter and have been coming up with an overall measurement of 3.580. The nosler manual says the maximum is 3.340. Is it possible for my oacl to be more than the books maximum?