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    162 gn Amax help ?

    Hi Can anyone remember the ballistic coefficient for the 162gn A-max bullet please ?

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    the 168 was .475

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    Hornady claim G1 0.625. Litz initially said 0.617 but later revised 0.613. I use 0.613 for creating drop charts & find it pretty accurate predictor.

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    Thanks fellas

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    I looked in the other Nathan Fs books to find that bit....didnt see the 162 mentioned sorry

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    So, who has got a supply of 168 Amax's stashed away??

    Recently bought a Barnard with a 284 Winchester barrael and all the load data is for the now obselete 7mm Amax's.

    Would love to buy some if I can get 5 - 6 boxes of them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Micky Duck View Post
    I looked in the other Nathan Fs books to find that bit....didnt see the 162 mentioned sorry
    Pretty amazing that he doesn't cover one of the most popular projectiles around.

    Shooter which list Hornady's data has it as G1 0.625.
    Litz's listing in Shooter is G1 0.599 and G7 0.307.

    I would use @chainsaw number as it sounds like he has verified?

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    [QUOTE=ihmsakiwi;892862]So, who has got a supply of 168 Amax's stashed away??

    Recently bought a Barnard with a 284 Winchester barrael and all the load data is for the now obselete 7mm Amax's.

    Would love to buy some if I can get 5 - 6 boxes of them?
    Peter[/QUOTE

    Haha - like hen's teeth, those who have a few are likely to hang onto them. There's the new Hornady 162 ELDx , or Sierra 160gn TMK's which have BC G1 of 0.6.

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    A G7 of .307 for the 162 Amax works well for me, im still working my way thru my last 500
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    Quote Originally Posted by zimmer View Post
    Pretty amazing that he doesn't cover one of the most popular projectiles around.

    Shooter which list Hornady's data has it as G1 0.625.
    Litz's listing in Shooter is G1 0.599 and G7 0.307.

    I would use @chainsaw number as it sounds like he has verified?
    might do I just couldnt see it when doing a quick scan.....butthen the amax was goneburgers when that book was printed...tis all eldxmyz etc now....

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    Quote Originally Posted by ihmsakiwi View Post
    So, who has got a supply of 168 Amax's stashed away??

    Recently bought a Barnard with a 284 Winchester barrael and all the load data is for the now obselete 7mm Amax's.

    Would love to buy some if I can get 5 - 6 boxes of them?

    Peter
    I've got 162,s for 284/7mm if your interested
    Isn't 168.... 308?
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    Yes, I bought some Lapua scenars to start doing some testing with.

    Too much bad press on the ELD-M's to waste good barrels on. I'll either stick with SMK's or Lapua's then.

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    Hi Bully,

    Yes my bad, meant 162's.

    PM inbound.

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    Well these Eldx are well worth investing in imo. Bloody accurate as f.


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    Quote Originally Posted by bully View Post
    I've got 162,s for 284/7mm if your interested
    Isn't 168.... 308?
    that was my ASSUMPTION..... thought he looking for .30 cal....

 

 

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