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Pressure signs not showing at Max load
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1692214" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>This is true, but anytime you see ejector marks (more important than primer craters imo) then the brass is being pushed close to it's max. Doesn't necessarily mean you have reached max SAAMI or CIP pressure, just that the brass is being pushed, and the brass is the limiting factor. If the brass is so soft that you blow a primer or get stuck brass at 64,000 psi, but SAAMI max pressure for your cartridge is 65,000 psi, then you can't load to a max load of 65,000 psi, it doesn't matter if the cartridge is designed around 65,000 psi, the components of the cartridge are being pushed to far to do that.</p><p></p><p>I would bet that the majority of people on this site are loading to pressures well above what SAAMI or CIP state is max pressure, with perfectly acceptable results. If they are using strong Lapua, Peterson, ADG, or whatever brass that withstands the pressure, then as long as they are not pushing the threshhold of the action, that is fine. But the fact is that softer brass will not be able to hold up to the pressures that high quality brass can, so therefore the two ends of the spectrum (weak vs strong brass) will have different max loads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1692214, member: 87243"] This is true, but anytime you see ejector marks (more important than primer craters imo) then the brass is being pushed close to it's max. Doesn't necessarily mean you have reached max SAAMI or CIP pressure, just that the brass is being pushed, and the brass is the limiting factor. If the brass is so soft that you blow a primer or get stuck brass at 64,000 psi, but SAAMI max pressure for your cartridge is 65,000 psi, then you can't load to a max load of 65,000 psi, it doesn't matter if the cartridge is designed around 65,000 psi, the components of the cartridge are being pushed to far to do that. I would bet that the majority of people on this site are loading to pressures well above what SAAMI or CIP state is max pressure, with perfectly acceptable results. If they are using strong Lapua, Peterson, ADG, or whatever brass that withstands the pressure, then as long as they are not pushing the threshhold of the action, that is fine. But the fact is that softer brass will not be able to hold up to the pressures that high quality brass can, so therefore the two ends of the spectrum (weak vs strong brass) will have different max loads. [/QUOTE]
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