01-20-2014, 10:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-20-2014, 10:19 PM by babaganoush.)
JASmith Wrote:If a factory load will not chamber in one's rifle one or both of two things are at play: The chamber is out of spec, or the ammunition is out of spec.
In either event, DO NOT try to shoot factory ammunition that won't chamber without a lot of help. Your pressures will be higher and can be dangerous. The added velocity is not worth the risk.
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The SAAMI standard means they are obliged to make the dimensions right, else their liability exposure skyrockets. None of us wants a KABOOM, and the manufacturers are even less interested in having to pay for the results.
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I find it difficult to believe that firing a rifle with ammo that needs to be forced into battery is being recommended in these situations. That sort of advice flies in the face of all I've learned and been taught about safe firearm operation and reloading. If you have to force it, then something is obviously wrong. There should be no question about this one point.
And with due respect to Tedward, a tight fitting chamber is hardly the same as a tight fitting pair of shoes. No pair of shoes ever KB'd and sent someone to the hospital.
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