Thread: 7-08 rem & 162gr Amax?

Its worked for years

There is a list from hornady there so I'm guessing its fact.
They are hard to get now so I'm sure it will get harder.

Um? A Word on Availability - Hornady Manufacturing, Inc....

162 Amax in a 1-10 twist is generaly fine, Iv been using them for years at varying velocities in a few rifles, stability improving with velocity is generally overstated ie: it will but it takes a lot, the 168 vld is slightly longer and Berger recommend a 1-10. Stability dosn't guarantee accuracy.

That's a good link Sneeze, thanks for that

Yea after reading your link sneeze it sure makes me question if the list I read genuinely came from hornady.
I know plenty of people get away with shooting 162's from tikka barrels but it dosent always work. Years ago I rechambered a 7-08 tikka to 280ai and it would not stablise the 162's, so I know for a fact that it dosent always work

The reason I'm running 154gr SST in mine is because I can't get the 162 A max. And I thought the 154gr would work better with the powder I have on hand.

I had a 24 inch 7 08 true flight ultra match screwed into a sako action. It has a 1 in 9 twist. The idea was to use it to shoot 162 amax bullets at longer distances (up to 500 yds on a still day) for deer. Unfortunately the barrel wasn't good enough and didn't like amaxs, ssts (154 gn), 140 or 150 bts or sierras. It shoots 120 grainers ok which defeats the purpose of a fast twist barrel. In frustration I have had it cut to 18 inches and suppressed.

Maybe the standard Tikka is a better bet for the amax?

yeah there are no absolutes but I try and go for the most likely. I am surprised the tikka's 1-9.5 twist wouldn't stabilze an amax. The hornady thing dosn't make a lot of sense really given that its all over the net but every story is linked back to the one source from snipers hide. So Id say unlikely that its true but never say never. And note there is no date on the hornady article.

You go to Heaven for the climate, and Hell for the company!

2209, 162A-Max, 15thou jump in my 7mm-08 T3, goes well

reading their hornady in demand page, looks like the whole catalog. good to see a company steping up to the demand

Looks like DAF and myself will be sweet through the shortage. Makes me wonder how many kiwi shooters are sitting on big stockpiles of them.

I was but iv dished out most of my surplus to mates and sold a couple on weedle to try and get a bit of interest going in the site. Have enough for my own use for the next year or so.

Ginga, you must be a far more reasonable bloke than me, I would have used it to check the manufacturers prostate!

Well the manufacturer seemed pretty indifferent to it all. He suggested sending it to a "professional load developer" and if he couldn't get it to shoot (I would pay if he could and the manufacturer if he couldn't) then back to the manufacturer. I had tried numerous options up to this point attempting to get it to shoot and sent it to another gun builder who tried (and failed) as well. The cost just kept building up and up as it toured the country. To be honest its still fucking hopeless even suppressed so is going to be scrapped. A $1500 hole.