A friend uses 162 amaxes in his 708, over 45.5gr H4350. It is the only rifle cartridge he loads.
This load works very well with no pressure signs.
He recently bought 162amax "blems" from midway. At the range, he had a few cartridges "push a button", and one blew a primer as well as REALLY pushed a button.
I don't believe you can fit enough H4350 into a 708 cartridge loaded with a 162 @ 2.830" to be "grossly" overpressure like this.
We mic'd 100 bullets from the lot and found:
86 bullets measured .2840"
10 bullets measured .2839"
4 bullets measured .2841"
1 bullet measured .2842"
Does this seem reasonable?
Is .0002" oversize capable of causing gross overpressure?
This load works very well with no pressure signs.
He recently bought 162amax "blems" from midway. At the range, he had a few cartridges "push a button", and one blew a primer as well as REALLY pushed a button.
I don't believe you can fit enough H4350 into a 708 cartridge loaded with a 162 @ 2.830" to be "grossly" overpressure like this.
We mic'd 100 bullets from the lot and found:
86 bullets measured .2840"
10 bullets measured .2839"
4 bullets measured .2841"
1 bullet measured .2842"
Does this seem reasonable?
Is .0002" oversize capable of causing gross overpressure?