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Posted: 11/19/2008 1:32:45 PM EDT
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Winchester 150 gr. supreme ballistic silvertips
Can I use this these in my Scout Squad? They work great against pigs and deer in my bolt gun... we call them werewolf killers because of their appearance. They cycle just fine through the action and the tip does not get caught... I am just concerned with the pressures. |
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Use them all you want. It's a .308, and as long as it's 150 grn and not a "magnum" type load you'll do no harm. The M14 is not nearly as sensitive to thie hunting ammo pressure issues as the M1 Garand is.
I shoot Remington 150 grn Core Lokt and Win Super X 150 grn power point in mine all the time. |
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Use them all you want. It's a .308, and as long as it's 150 grn and not a "magnum" type load you'll do no harm. The M14 is not nearly as sensitive to thie hunting ammo pressure issues as the M1 Garand is. I shoot Remington 150 grn Core Lokt and Win Super X 150 grn power point in mine all the time. Your correct, it is a 308. Too bad that M1a is 7.62x51 nato. 308 = higher pressure then 7.62 nato. Saying that you can use 308 all you want in an M1a rifle is just not right. If you do use this ammo, you risk at a minimum accelerated wear on your parts to right out damage to the rifle. It's your rifle so do what you wish. I sure wouldn't fire any of it out of my rifle, at least not without the adjustable gas plug. |
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Maybe try a few in your rifle and look at the spent casings for signs of increased pressure? What would this do? It's not that the round is overpressure, its that the gas produced is not within specs for the rifle. You can not determine that by looking at the primer/case. |
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