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Offline shag

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Re: 3oowsm velocities
« Reply #15 on: December 22, 2007, 06:44:57 PM »
The 300 wsm dose slightly better the 300wm in all of Federals factory loads. 
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Re: 3oowsm velocities
« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2008, 05:01:32 PM »
When I first got my Tikka 300wsm, it was a new caliber and there was very little load data. So I took what published load data there was and using powder burn rate charts, began building my own loads. I pushed mine for high velocities adding one grain at a time expecting bolt pressure before going too far overboard. I did get as high as 3400 fps out of 150 gr bullets with little pressure signs and good accuracy. Then one day, without warning, I blew a primer out the back of the bolt which busted off the bolt shroud. I'm lucky to still have vision in both my eyes. I backed off the pushing the limit for mach-speed velocity. Now there are plenty of recipies available so I stay very close to published loads now. I do however suspect that with the tight tolerances of the Tikka rifles, they might not always show the pressure signs that other rifles do.
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Re: 3oowsm velocities
« Reply #17 on: January 04, 2008, 12:33:19 AM »
So what load caused the blow up?  I have punched a lot of primers and never caused any damage.

 


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