Thread: 308 Loads

Yet again I agree with ebf. Nothing greater than trying to open an action with a mallet and having your ears ringing even after wearing earmuffs.
Each rifle is different.

The cautions on the sites such as ADI are there to take blame away from them for the loaders potential stupidity of overloading. Better to be cautious than damage the rifle or your head/eyes.

But its your head that will get taken off not mine.

Originally Posted by jim160

Yet again I agree with ebf. Nothing greater than trying to open an action with a mallet and having your ears ringing even after wearing earmuffs.
Each rifle is different.

The cautions on the sites such as ADI are there to take blame away from them for the loaders potential stupidity of overloading. Better to be cautious than damage the rifle or your head/eyes.

But its your head that will get taken off not mine.

Yes but experience has shown me that the ADI/Hodgdon data is reasonably conservative.

Imagine a blown up rifle in the States disclaimers or not on a manufactures site....

@ebf What is it that you think is so catastrophically bad about a compressed load?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

@ebf What is it that you think is so catastrophically bad about a compressed load?

Once you get to compressed then the pressures can climb really fast and its not something you should be doing as a beginner, especially as Ive yet to find a good reason that you have to anyway.