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Pressure signs on straight wall cases?
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<blockquote data-quote="Buck Buster" data-source="post: 1371316" data-attributes="member: 99718"><p>I'm in PA and live not far from the original 1000 bench rest club in Bodines. Some of those guys really load them hot. A lot depends on the type powder you use also, with some of the slower burning powders you wont be able to get enough powder in the case to cause excessive pressure. Most of the bench rest shooters I talk to use a compressed load, meaning they cant get anymore powder in the case. The compressed loads they say are best because no energy is lost filling the case with gases. All the energy is used to push the bullet down the tube. Some load so hot they get very few reloads per case, much hotter loads than I would ever use. Now some of these guns don't even look like a normal gun and they aren't , they are all steel. Big custom made actions and heavy barrels, some well over 2 inches in diameter and weigh 70 or more pounds. I don't know if you could ever get too much pressure to blow one of these things up! The casing would probably start out of the barrel before the gun blew up, they are that heavily built. I haven't been to the 1000 range for about 10 years or so, who knows what they have now. But for your average production rifle follow the reloading manual to be safe, and always start out well below maximum load and work up slowly like I said in my earlier Quotes. Good luck hunting and be safe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buck Buster, post: 1371316, member: 99718"] I'm in PA and live not far from the original 1000 bench rest club in Bodines. Some of those guys really load them hot. A lot depends on the type powder you use also, with some of the slower burning powders you wont be able to get enough powder in the case to cause excessive pressure. Most of the bench rest shooters I talk to use a compressed load, meaning they cant get anymore powder in the case. The compressed loads they say are best because no energy is lost filling the case with gases. All the energy is used to push the bullet down the tube. Some load so hot they get very few reloads per case, much hotter loads than I would ever use. Now some of these guns don't even look like a normal gun and they aren't , they are all steel. Big custom made actions and heavy barrels, some well over 2 inches in diameter and weigh 70 or more pounds. I don't know if you could ever get too much pressure to blow one of these things up! The casing would probably start out of the barrel before the gun blew up, they are that heavily built. I haven't been to the 1000 range for about 10 years or so, who knows what they have now. But for your average production rifle follow the reloading manual to be safe, and always start out well below maximum load and work up slowly like I said in my earlier Quotes. Good luck hunting and be safe. [/QUOTE]
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