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By Mauser Im assuming PO was using military M98's and the metals and heat treatments are not what they are now and would need to be loaded at or below saami pressures for safety. If you look at factory 7mm mauser ammo they are all loaded at very low velocities - pressures for this reason. If your were to build a 7 mauser on another receiver you could easily get better performance.
No clue? What forum do you think you're "contributing" on man? This is long range hunting, where nearly every member that cares to be is slaved by the pursuit of #1 accuracy, and a distant #2, speed. Everything that follows flows from those two pursuits. Where is all this fear-based conjecture coming from @rfurman24 ? I know not ONE person, personally, on this forum, or any other in the art and science of LR shooting and hunting that doesn't FIRST identify the practical-max load ceiling for their rifle before conducting meaningful accuracy load development. That's the process. What else is there to concern yourself after that? Once we identify a hazard, do you believe we ignore it? Do you think we simply take a WAG-approach to this long range pursuit with no systematic process? Do you think of Rich Sherman @elkaholic and ALL his investments into this as that kind of man? Think again. And thank you for your concern.
I agree, but, close inspection of my brass after every firing while carefully reaching for my practical-max tells me what I'm concerning myself with, and appeasing naysaters isn't on that list. And the problem with naysayers isn't that they need to be put to bed, but rather they never have seemed to wake up in the first place.
I would assume Rich Sherman's customer base has grown to exactly what he can successfully manage. He's a solid businessman with a good grasp on reality.
When you start down that rabbit hole, you quickly learn it is not as simple as all that. From the lab standpoint, it is difficult to quantify which pressure testing methods and equipment are going to be accepted.
Agreed. Everthing is 100% hearsay until data is developed. As my instructor always said; "When the data drops, the BS stops."
From a liability standpoint a simple strain gauge set up would be sufficient and is not expensive.
Only in the mythical 6.5 creedmoorPlease don't tell me RL26 can't actually safely achieve claimed velocities.
And its also the only thing saving you from a hospital visit! Safest combo is exactly that. using the best components you can afford and loading it to safe pressures found,, no bolt lift ,, no ejector marks etc. Brass hardness should not be the crutch your wanting base all safe levels on... have you ever seen lugs set back or bolt faces that look like a plasma cutter got ahold of them,, I'm not hating and I'm not bashing anyone and Rich is good dude and loves too tinker and come up with stuff and that's awesome but ... i do a bunch of tinkering myself and I've seen it a lot with my own wild cats and others I've tried that more times then not they come up short of expectations even on great brass! That's the reason why I find folly in claims of velocity on a case that doesn't even exist yet! That's all
