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  1. JonathanL
    So why don't you tell SAAMI your opinion? As for warnings about using weapons of suitable calibre, it's on every box of cartridges I've ever bought. My opinion isn't much different from most other shooters. SAAMI know the score. The thing is that if anything does happen it's an easy win for a lawyer whicvh is why they put the warning out. Yes it's on every box of cartridges but it's there for @rse covering puirposes a lot of the time. For instance, this warning is also applied to guns chambered for .357 Magnum but no one would expect to be taken seriously if they said that you can't
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    I know what SAAMI say but you have to balance this against the fact that the US is the most litigous place on earth and lots of people make lots of money from suing other people. Like I say, the two chamberings are not the same but the chances of a gun blowing up are vanishingly small. I mean, how many times have you ever heard of it happening? You have to produce very, very hgh pressures to damage a modern rifle, let alone blow it up. The round may produce 60,000CUP but this isn't anything special. Proof ammo will develop 100,000 and not damage a gun. Also, remeber that the SAAMI guidance
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    You really do talk rubbish sometimes, are you trying to kill the guy! There is little or no .223 Mil surplus, it is 5.56 which will fit but is over pressure for .223, unless of course you can find some original shit 5.56 mil spec. But you are unlikely to know so don't **** about and don't use it!! Best zip it when you don't know what you are talking about! This isn't true of modern rifles. Yes, .223 and 5.56mm are not the same but one isn't dangerous in the other in 99% of rifles. If you are shooting a 30 year old M-16 then there might be point. Even then, all you will do it we
  4. JonathanL
    The old boy sounds like a bitof a fool, to be quite honest. If he has siiused with people entering the land then why is he blocking their egress from it? Surely, if you don't want people there then you would facilitate their exit, not prevent them from leaving. Besides, how can he claim you e trespassing if he won't let you leave? That being the case, you are probably an invited visitor in the eyes of the law, not a trespasser. J.
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    Like he said, you will commonly find the .223 ballistic tips do go right through the fox, even if you hit bone the odds are, bullet fragments or all of it will still go right through. But on the whole they are the best bet for destruction and reduced onward bullet travel! Depending upon how much work/investment you're prepared to put in there is another alternative. You can get swaging dies to make .22 bullets using fired .22RF brass for the jacket. This is obviously very thin and apparently results in dramatic terminal performance. A lot of work to go to though.
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    I think that with the vast majority of modern firearms you are not likely to do much damage with dry firing it unless you do it lots. Modern steels are very good and it's not likely that modern coil springs are going to be significantly weakened by storing them compressed. Then again, there is a theoretical risk so why risk it? Apart from shotguns you don't really need snap-caps with most firearms as most can be de-cocked without actually pressing the trigger. Hammer guns are easy because you just let the hammer down slowly and bolt guns you just close the bolt with the trigger held back.
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    If this is confined to the necks only then it probably wont be a problem. Obturation is the name for applying a gas-tight seal so, yes, the neck isn't quite obturating the full length of the brass. It isn't likely to be a big problem it's just a variation within the particular tolerance specs in that particular rifle/ammo combination. You may well find that in another rifle - perhaps one with a tighter chamber, or another type of ammo - perhaps with thinner brass you wouldn't see the neck blackening. J.
  8. JonathanL
    Something with a Nosler Ballistic-Tip or Hornady V-Max or similar.
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