working up loads...
by bj 
, Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 20:09 (4680 days ago) @ Bud
In response to the incident mentioned, another of my friends had this to say:
"when you blow up a gun, you should reduce the load by 1 grain and try again. when you get to the point that you don't blow up the gun then you know you are getting close to the maximum load".
But seriously between the Mini-14 and AR there could be lots of possible differences besides the twist that would affect pressures- barrel freebore, bore diameter and chamber dimensions immediately come to mind.
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2012-01-31, 10:52
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