SkyDaver
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Someone I know made the statement that .308 Winchester and 7.62 NATO are different.
He said that .308 Winchester is 7.62mmx51mm, and 7.62 NATO is 7.62x54mm. (and .30-06 is 7.62mmx63mm)
over an IM channel (and this guy is terse and cryptic when he types) he then wrote "ALL THREE ARE DIFFERENT but headspaces are similar (within tolerances) between 308 and NATO. you can get away with it, but high pressures are the result"
From www.reloadbench.com, I get the impression that 7.62NATO was renamed .308 Winchester by Winchester, and is exactly the same.
Is either of these correct, or is the correct answer somewhere in the middle?
Thanks,
He said that .308 Winchester is 7.62mmx51mm, and 7.62 NATO is 7.62x54mm. (and .30-06 is 7.62mmx63mm)
over an IM channel (and this guy is terse and cryptic when he types) he then wrote "ALL THREE ARE DIFFERENT but headspaces are similar (within tolerances) between 308 and NATO. you can get away with it, but high pressures are the result"
From www.reloadbench.com, I get the impression that 7.62NATO was renamed .308 Winchester by Winchester, and is exactly the same.
Is either of these correct, or is the correct answer somewhere in the middle?
Thanks,