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Originally Posted by fish_e_o
well ya... sounds easy right?
but you might be able to put 70,000 psi through it once and have it blow down the road from regular pressure loads.
but it didn't blow from the one really high pressure load so you're good to go right?
i would advise caution to anyone looking to load higher than the limits set out by saami. those who do in this thread seem to be aware of the risks and are comfortable shooting it there. that's their choice
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Just as a full explanation as to where I am at with this...The one thing I considered when doing the load development was what could the action handle. As mentioned, some rounds chambered in the Model 94 can run fairly high pressures. The 375 Winchester comes to mind.
I choose to make 42,000 psi my limit, as it was suggested to me by a few other 38-55 shooters to be a very safe operating range.
This happens to also be the operating pressure of the 30-30, which we all should know is also a fairly old round, and used with no issues since day 1 of manufacture on Model 94 recievers.
Based on this information, and the guidance of some very experinced shooters, I proceeded to develop the load I used for this challange.
My information, specific to my load, and my rifle, shows an aproximate operating pressure of about 38,500 psi. Refering to the Quickload page that Bergerboy posted, Quickload suggests a pressure of just under 35,000 psi.
So keeping this information in mind, and again, what exactly the SAAMI guidelines are for, I hardly feel that I am taking my very existence into question everytime I press that particular trigger.
R.