Can i shoot 7.62 in a 308

Can I shoot 7. Tried calling Savage, waited on the phone for 15 minutes and hung up. Also, can you shoot 5. Would appreicate any info on this Quoted: Looking at a bolt action Savage in. I thought it was the same round? Although there is a "slight" difference in the vs 7. FWIW, if the 5. As Mr. Wilson said, yes, you can do so. I don't knwo if it was real , or in my head, but 7. My understanding is that, while nearly identical, the 7.

In a close tolerance "match" chamber, using this hotter ammo, it is said, can lead to overpressure causing a possible kaboom. I think the same question has been addressed with respect to "match" and "mil-spec" chambered ARs.

I don't have a definitive answer here, sorry. I do know that I use. The way I understand it is that the. You should be OK firing the 7. The rifle that comes to mind is the Spanish small ring Mausers that were converted from 7mm to 7. I would be very careful with those.

From the Fulton Armory: dumb question i alway thought these 2 ammos where interchangeable but some have told me otherwise whats the story??? They are the same. They are not the same, 'cause the. You'll get an endless discussion of pressure specs, endless because SAAMI and the Ordnance Dep't measured pressure in different, unrelateable ways.

Howver, the chamber drawings are different. The rounds of a. As the powder detonates, the shell might stretch too much, causing it to rupture and explode. A round exploding in the chamber is a bad situation by all accounts and you will probably ruin your rifle as well as injure yourself.

The 7. Not only does the thicker material make the shell stronger, it also reduces the space inside for the powder. But if you turn the tables and put a 7. Some 7. This happens very rarely and many people have used 7. This is probably a problem with older rounds and rifles.

But if you own a 7. Summary: You can shoot 7. I use both in my rifles. BangBang said:. I have a. As BB stated comes down to headspace. That is the safety issue over the vs is pressure only. My headspace gauges have been good for both go and no go. Once you know this info you will determine if it is safe to shoot a. To know if your headspace is safe is not a challenging task.

You can use the set of. Use the gauges to check the chamber size. The bolt should close easily on a Go gauge and not close on a No-Go gauge. Also, the field gauge checks the maximum published chamber size. With some 7. As long as the bolt closes, you are still within maximum published limits. In terms of specifications, there are differences, more so in the chambers of rifles designed to fire each cartridge.

For the 7. Other than that, the cartridges are pretty much the same. One way to be entirely safe is to remain conservative and only fire 7. A final risk spectrum is just a scenario. In the case of using 7.

In theory, you might run across particularly long ammo. Such ammo might not chamber or might require undue pressure to the chamber. The result could be dangerously high pressure. While such a scenario is highly unlikely as the 7. It is why not most people will consider it a big deal to use 7. However, you need to be careful while using.

Even though the most modern 7. If your rifle has a long headspace, stick to 7. Do not use the. This means throwing. If you have a newer 7. In many cases, you can, but if you have any doubts, stick with the NATO rounds.

Like the 5. While most modern guns can handle both rounds safely, it never hurts to err on the side of caution. Maybe ask the doctorate students at MIT. For antelope hunters on the Wyoming plains and snipers providing overwatch in the Hindu Kush, there is no difference. Army lists the 7. Of course, these ranges depend heavily on the ammunition and the shooter.

Just ask Todd Hodnett. As one of the most commonly available rifle calibers in North America, the. When the U. Army began developing the 7. In addition to riding on the back of the 7.

While U. Looking for a two-minute summary of the differences between 7. Looking for the perfect accessories to accompany your new. There are plenty of options from which to choose. Army researchers and tech companies demonstrated an unmanned aircraft delivering whole blood to a landing zone in Virginia.

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