roysclockgun
Handloader
- Dec 17, 2005
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Has anyone else experience the .308 A-Max bullet being too tight in the case throat?
I had loaded a box of the A-Max, 168gr. in .308Win. cases. I used data for the 168gr jacketed HPBT. The problem is that with the red plastic tip going all the way through the A-Max, that bullet is longer than the 168HPBT and therefore was compressing the load and raising pressures in my Savage Model 10 bull barrel rifle. I wanted to pull the bullets, but the bond between bullet and throat was so strong, I ended up badly distorting the A-Max bullets to the point that they could not be used again. In order to find out what the problem was, I loaded the A-Max bullets into different brands of cases, to include some unfired, new cases. All were very tight! I also loaded other brands of bullets in the like cases and these could be easily pulled out, using the same collet, bullet puller. An inertia bullet puller would not pull the A-Max out, even after many heavy blows against an anchored piece of railroad tie.
Any ideas on finding an answer to this problem? I believe that the A-Max is so tight, that even loads not compressed will have increased pressures. I also already measured the diameter of the A-Max and they are the same as all my other .308 bullets.
I had loaded a box of the A-Max, 168gr. in .308Win. cases. I used data for the 168gr jacketed HPBT. The problem is that with the red plastic tip going all the way through the A-Max, that bullet is longer than the 168HPBT and therefore was compressing the load and raising pressures in my Savage Model 10 bull barrel rifle. I wanted to pull the bullets, but the bond between bullet and throat was so strong, I ended up badly distorting the A-Max bullets to the point that they could not be used again. In order to find out what the problem was, I loaded the A-Max bullets into different brands of cases, to include some unfired, new cases. All were very tight! I also loaded other brands of bullets in the like cases and these could be easily pulled out, using the same collet, bullet puller. An inertia bullet puller would not pull the A-Max out, even after many heavy blows against an anchored piece of railroad tie.
Any ideas on finding an answer to this problem? I believe that the A-Max is so tight, that even loads not compressed will have increased pressures. I also already measured the diameter of the A-Max and they are the same as all my other .308 bullets.
