162gr Amax in a 284

[Berger]

Hopefully someone can help.initial load development proved to have some outstanding groups one of which was the 162gr amaxs on RS60 and N165.
I never retested the RS 60 load,i just loaded them as test group.I shot a few groups today with them and they were around 1 inch at 100yds.am have no idea why they've gone from 0.3 to 1 inch.off the top of my head they are off by 20 thousandths.read on accurate shooter someone said they jammed them to get them to shoot.if anybody else uses them I was wondering what jump or jam they found the 162 grainer liked.I did try some 180gr hybrids on 56.5grs of N165 today aswell and they were all trying to go in the same hole.56grs only gave 2740fps from my 26 inch barrel.the extra 0.5gr should of got me near to 2800fps.the N165 made it feel smoother to shoot than RS60.

[ovenpaa]

I didn't know you could still get the 162 Amax, I thought it was long since discontinued. I shot them about 5 years ago eventually with a .010" jump and they were average at best for my rifle. What did work was the 180 grain Berger target however they were pricey even then.

[Berger]

I bought 500 of the 162gr amaxs a while back when my mind was made up on a 284.i will try them longer first then.they are doing 3000 fps on 52.5grs of RS60.on 56.5grs of N165 they were doing 2810 fps. Way down on the RS60 speeds.52grs of RS 60 behind the 180gr hybrid gives 2900 fps. I've downloaded them 0.2grs now because I was getting the odd faint ejector mark.there great at 1000yds.

[Sim G]

I was reliably informed a few months ago that that Edgar's have several thousand 7mm, 162gn Amax's on the shelf. I've decided to rebarrel after this last batch has finished so anyone else should grab them! Lol

[The Gun Pimp]

The 162 A Max's will blow-up if you push 'em too hard - which you can do with the 284.

[Berger]

The current velocities stated above GP.
A mate of a mate uses them in a 7mm rem mag and the 162 grainers are doing nearly 3300 fps.not sure if he has any problems with them.so far all mine has made it to the target.
We are beginning to side track on these 162gr amaxs.known liked seating depths is what I am after.there maybe a pattern.

[ovenpaa]

.010" was as good as it got for me.

As an aside, I cannot quickly think of a way of getting a 162 grain Amax to fly at 3300fps and manage to keep a barrel into three figures so would be interested to hear more :)

[The Gun Pimp]

The current velocities stated above GP.
A mate of a mate uses them in a 7mm rem mag and the 162 grainers are doing nearly 3300 fps.not sure if he has any problems with them.so far all mine has made it to the target.
We are beginning to side track on these 162gr amaxs.known liked seating depths is what I am after.there maybe a pattern.

It's just that I was shooting with a guy in the F Class League at Blair Atholl with the electronic targets. He kept getting the odd miss but was otherwise shooting well. Then, I began to notice a p**f of smoke about 80 yards out......

Couple of weeks ago a guy was using the 140 A Max in his 6.5-284 in our 600 yd benchrest comp. Nice groups but only four shots on target - then we noticed the p**f of smoke!

[Berger]

Intresting GP.
Like I said all mine has reached intended target up to now.long may it continue

[Berger]

I played around with the 162s with RS60 lowering by one grain and lengthening the cartridge.just about 1 inch 4 shot groups.moved over to the 57grs of N165 and strait away they were all trying to go in the same hole.i will chrony them but guessing I would say they were doing around 2850 fps.i might try upping 0.2grs but I may not.its a hunting load so it doesn't need warp speed as we know accuracy kills . accuracy wins.i checked my 180gr hybrid RS60 load and they were stunningly accurate.