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308 Win. ,208gr. Amax ,RL17
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<blockquote data-quote="eddybo" data-source="post: 345337" data-attributes="member: 7194"><p>With a throating reamer you can turn a 308 into a heavy bullet chunker. You can get some pretty impressive velocities from the 208s if you can seat them with only .300 or less of the bullet in the case. I built a test barrel for this purpose a year or so back.</p><p></p><p>But the question remains why to do this? The only possible reason I can see is for f-class FTR shooters. If you can push a 208 a-max as fast as the guy next to you on the line can push a 168SMK you are at a big advantage in th wind at 1K....if you can handle the recoil. That was why I started playing around with this. For any other reason I would say just step to to a larger case.</p><p></p><p>I was getting velocities in excess of what MontanaMarine is gettting with RL17 using traditional powders. I was using the slowest powders that I could compress into the case and trying to take advantage of the 27 inch barrel.</p><p></p><p>My main reason for abandoning the project was not the fact that a buddy really wanted to buy my barrel, but the fact that the darn thing would beat on you terribly. </p><p></p><p>Get someone with quickload that has been updated since RL17 has been on the market to run those numbers for you with a COAL 3 inches plus. My quickload had not been updated and I am curious also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eddybo, post: 345337, member: 7194"] With a throating reamer you can turn a 308 into a heavy bullet chunker. You can get some pretty impressive velocities from the 208s if you can seat them with only .300 or less of the bullet in the case. I built a test barrel for this purpose a year or so back. But the question remains why to do this? The only possible reason I can see is for f-class FTR shooters. If you can push a 208 a-max as fast as the guy next to you on the line can push a 168SMK you are at a big advantage in th wind at 1K....if you can handle the recoil. That was why I started playing around with this. For any other reason I would say just step to to a larger case. I was getting velocities in excess of what MontanaMarine is gettting with RL17 using traditional powders. I was using the slowest powders that I could compress into the case and trying to take advantage of the 27 inch barrel. My main reason for abandoning the project was not the fact that a buddy really wanted to buy my barrel, but the fact that the darn thing would beat on you terribly. Get someone with quickload that has been updated since RL17 has been on the market to run those numbers for you with a COAL 3 inches plus. My quickload had not been updated and I am curious also. [/QUOTE]
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