Who Used to Shoot the 208 Amax???

[WB300]

I'm currently jumping the 208 Amax bullet .040" in my 300WM over 76 gr H1000, but want to see if seating depth can tighten up groups.

What has everyone else found works for them? Closer to the lands or jump them farther???

Thanks in advance.

 

[WB300]

Aww c'mon... it wasn't THAT long ago people were running Amaxes.

Someone has to remember how far they were jumping them.

 

[cornhusker86]

I ended up .015" off. Using the same load for ELDM's.

 

[WB300]

Well dang. I've always heard they like to jump and were not finicky.

Thanks husker.

Anyone else???

 

[supercorndogs]

I was jumping them about .125 in my factory 700 300wm.

 

[CJS-6.5]

Short throated Savage I had liked kissing the lands. .003 off. But most Savages are short throated.

 

[Rob01]

Always jumped mine .020" to the lands.

 

[WB300]

Ok, thanks all.

 

[Silverjay]

0.020” for me as well.

 

[bjay]

I probably seen 1% people has sucess jamming amax/eld-m bullets mostly jump .020 +-

 

[WB300]

Thanks. Gonna give 0.020" a try.

 

[Sixfivesavage]

I ran them in a .30-06 and have no idea what they were jumping. Sorry, no help here.

 

[camotoe]

I shot them in 308 jammed.

 

[garandman]

I used to....for 300BLK subsonic. Then I found 178 Hornady HPBT.

 

[Rob01]

I used to....for 300BLK subsonic. Then I found 178 Hornady HPBT.

What's your load with 178 BTHP? Have a bunch and a new set of 300 BO dies.

 

[garandman]

What's your load with 178 BTHP? Have a bunch and a new set of 300 BO dies.

Been a while... as I recall, it was in the range of 10-11 gr of 4198 / CFE , in an attempt to get 980 FPS (i.e. very quiet subsonic)

4198 was really gassy, CFE-BLK was much less gassy and pretty clean burnin' / minimum blowback receiver gunk. .

Sorry I can't recall exactly. IM me if you want the exact load (data is at the house)