Hi guys I am looking at buying a Ishapore 7.62mm X51 rifle. i have read that using the NATO ammo in a .308 is okay, but not the other way around!
Apparently the average head space in the NATO chamber is .013" longer than in a 308, and the potential for case separation at the head exists!
So I have a couple of questions:
1) Does anyone use 308 commercial in the NATO chamber?
2) Maybe I am barking up the wrong tree here, but could I take a 30-06 cartridge and convert it to a 7.62 NATO, using a 308 FL die and adjusting the die so that the shoulder was forward by .010" and leave the rest to fire forming? Even if the neck had to be .010" shorter would that matter?
Also converting 30-06 would probably make the brass thicker like a 7.62 NATO!
I don' want a case separation!
Apparently the average head space in the NATO chamber is .013" longer than in a 308, and the potential for case separation at the head exists!
So I have a couple of questions:
1) Does anyone use 308 commercial in the NATO chamber?
2) Maybe I am barking up the wrong tree here, but could I take a 30-06 cartridge and convert it to a 7.62 NATO, using a 308 FL die and adjusting the die so that the shoulder was forward by .010" and leave the rest to fire forming? Even if the neck had to be .010" shorter would that matter?
Also converting 30-06 would probably make the brass thicker like a 7.62 NATO!
I don' want a case separation!
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