the issue is whether that firearm is safe with ammunition loaded to the pressures in the cartridge for which it is designed.
Which brings us directly to the 8.3% over maximum, highly compressed load; i.e., a load beyond the pressures in the cartridge for which it was designed.
Is that 8.3% over the current published max, or the published max 8 years ago? I seem to remember hearing somebody say the published max then was higher than it is now.
Current. Verified this morning that the maximum for the 180 E-Tip in the .300WM at 3.340" COAL is 79.4 grains, and even that load is compressed.
If the listed maximum then was higher, it would stand to reason that the proper defendant - had the load in question actually blown the action (vs a busted stock) - would be the propellant manufacturer and load data publisher for putting out information that was well in excess of proper safety standards.
That said, was the E-Tip even out long enough for load data to be available a decade ago?
Originally Posted by Mannlicher
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