usmc1974 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) I was wondering, do you guys run your gas gun ammo hot as your bolt guns? Edited April 17, 2017 by usmc1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Accuracy is the key, not how fast it's going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZip Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Aren't there issues with burn rates and certain operating systems?Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamboo Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 The M1A has a burn rate/bullet weight range that is recommended (some powders even say they are in the M1A burn rate range...maybe it is just marketing?). Never heard or seen the same thing for the AR platforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 2 hours ago, JimmyZip said: Aren't there issues with burn rates and certain operating systems? Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk I do know that the old rule of thumb was nothing slower than 4064 in a Garand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeEB Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 1 minute ago, Dan Sierpina said: I do know that the old rule of thumb was nothing slower than 4064 in a Garand. the common saying for garands is nothing faster than IMR 3031 and nothing slower than IMR 4320. Anything outside of these ranges could result in bent oprods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWS_61 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Burt, Hello, usually you can run a hotter load in a bolt gun of the same caliber than you can a gas gun. If your bolt gun load is pretty hot and you try it in a gas gun you may start blowing primers in the gas gun unless you have some way of delaying the bolt opening in the gas gun until the pressure drops some, (pigtail gas tube, reducing the gas with a variable block, etc.). I ran into this with some factory 6.5 CM ammo that worked fine in a bolt gun but same lot occasionally popped primers in a gas gun and had ejector swipes etc. Same with hand-loads you can usually run hotter in a bolt gun than a gas gun. Hope this helps. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
californiasushi Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I don't. I'm using Hornady 178gr BTHPs in both my Larue 7.62 Predatar and Sako TRG and I'm at 1.5gr less Varget with the AR10 (42.9gr vs 44.4gr). I was starting to get significant pressure signs above 43.2gr in my Larue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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