162 Amax Jump it or Jam it?
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Re: 162 Amax Jump it or Jam it?
Sorry I ddin't notice your thread and get back to you in under 3 hours.....
How long is your magazine, and how deep is your throat? What I do is irrelevant, but I run them about .020" off the lands. Never bothered jamming because a) if I ever have to clear my rifle that has a round chambered and I get a bullet stuck in the barrel and powder in my action and trigger I'll be pissed and b) they don't reach the lands at my mag length and if I can't run a mag I don't care how good it shoots in the lands. Then there's c) what makes you think throat erosion happens perfectly symetrically-you may be jamming into throat that's not concetric and square tothe bore anyway-I believe a jump from consistent neck tension leads to better consistency than starting out jammed unevenly.
Hope this helps.
Sorry I ddin't notice your thread and get back to you in under 3 hours.....
How long is your magazine, and how deep is your throat? What I do is irrelevant, but I run them about .020" off the lands. Never bothered jamming because a) if I ever have to clear my rifle that has a round chambered and I get a bullet stuck in the barrel and powder in my action and trigger I'll be pissed and b) they don't reach the lands at my mag length and if I can't run a mag I don't care how good it shoots in the lands. Then there's c) what makes you think throat erosion happens perfectly symetrically-you may be jamming into throat that's not concetric and square tothe bore anyway-I believe a jump from consistent neck tension leads to better consistency than starting out jammed unevenly.
Hope this helps.
Re: 162 Amax Jump it or Jam it?
im jumping 10 thousand dont go any closer than that at about 3 thousand jump i was gettin wild pressure spike bullets high then low no good 10 off removes all of the pressure spiking
im shooting a 24 inch 7 rem mag with 162 amaxs 3175 fps with 66.6 grains of reloder 17 in 25 degree weather deer hunting load.......i veryified this by chronograph and bullet drop at 500 yards so it is what it is one fast movin amax.....shot a deer this year 525 yards dead right there not a twitch in out and exit about the size of a golf ball insides were liqified.......good bullet dont let anyone tell you different
im jumping 10 thousand dont go any closer than that at about 3 thousand jump i was gettin wild pressure spike bullets high then low no good 10 off removes all of the pressure spiking
im shooting a 24 inch 7 rem mag with 162 amaxs 3175 fps with 66.6 grains of reloder 17 in 25 degree weather deer hunting load.......i veryified this by chronograph and bullet drop at 500 yards so it is what it is one fast movin amax.....shot a deer this year 525 yards dead right there not a twitch in out and exit about the size of a golf ball insides were liqified.......good bullet dont let anyone tell you different
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