75g Amax

[xdeano]

Ok so I've read enough posts with guys saying that the 75gr Amax is not a good choice for an ar gas gun. Just because they're to long for running in a mag. I understand this. So why not pull the poly tip or cut it off to give you that extra room. I know there is a simpler way of doing this by just buying some 75 gr hornady OTM. But I currently can't find any.

Open to you're thoughts.
Thanks
Deano

 

[bohem]

Re: 75g Amax

They're formed in place, the only ones that I've seen fall off or pull out without deforming the jacket were in the boxes of Midway "Seconds" that I got a couple years back.

The 75 OTM's are also a significantly smaller meplat than the Amax with a removed point, which has a massive impact on the BC.

 

[xdeano]

Re: 75g Amax

I was thinking about cutting them straight off at the jacket/poly junction. Leaving the base of the poly where it is so its basically a flat tip. I'll do some numbers just for the heck of it.
Xdeano

 

[mdavlee]

Re: 75g Amax

Powder valley just got a big shipment of bullets in last week as a bunch of stuff showed up back in stock. Some one else said midway got some bullets back in stock also. I don't think you'll get very good results cutting the tips off the amax from looking at them. I've got a box of them here that I need to find something to do with myself.

 

[LRRPF52]

Re: 75g Amax

I read a review on Midway where one person claimed they slightly deep-seated the 75gr AMAX into the case so it would fit the COAL requirements of the AR15 magazine, and that it still fed fine.

I just went down to the bench and checked what COAL you would need to seat the 75gr AMAX with a trade-off in bearing surface-to-ogive depth at the neck, and a magazine that can handle 2.307" would be best. Maybe the PRI mags will handle it.

If someone has PRI 5.56 mags, can you check your maximum mag-length COAL?