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Loads for bolt gun vs. AR?
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<blockquote data-quote="John Klingenberg" data-source="post: 2183643" data-attributes="member: 107749"><p>My question is this; SAAMI approves a cartridge that's basically intended for an AR platform so its pressure is generally loaded to the 50,000/55,000+ psi range. Can that same cartridge be loaded slightly higher in a modern bolt action. I ask because I'm loading a 224 Valkyrie for a Savage bolt gun and it's slightly slower than published velocities at max published data. My book says 52,000 psi for a max load of 24 grains of CFE 223 behind a 90 grain Berger VLD. It's supposed to give me 2617fps. I was getting 2589. The test barrel is 24" and mine is a 26" Hart. I did a few test loads working up to 25 grains and get to 2789 which is more in line where I think it should be. I have zero pressure signs. Primers are nice and round, no puckering at the firing pin, no bolt lift problems, no case stretching, no ejector swipe/mark. I've been loading for 40 years but I've never gone over book. Am I being overly paranoid here? How far can I go with this? Thanks for any inputs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Klingenberg, post: 2183643, member: 107749"] My question is this; SAAMI approves a cartridge that's basically intended for an AR platform so its pressure is generally loaded to the 50,000/55,000+ psi range. Can that same cartridge be loaded slightly higher in a modern bolt action. I ask because I'm loading a 224 Valkyrie for a Savage bolt gun and it's slightly slower than published velocities at max published data. My book says 52,000 psi for a max load of 24 grains of CFE 223 behind a 90 grain Berger VLD. It's supposed to give me 2617fps. I was getting 2589. The test barrel is 24" and mine is a 26" Hart. I did a few test loads working up to 25 grains and get to 2789 which is more in line where I think it should be. I have zero pressure signs. Primers are nice and round, no puckering at the firing pin, no bolt lift problems, no case stretching, no ejector swipe/mark. I've been loading for 40 years but I've never gone over book. Am I being overly paranoid here? How far can I go with this? Thanks for any inputs. [/QUOTE]
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