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wildcat · January 19, 2000, 05:28 PM

I came in alittle late on this one but here goes anyway.Your rifle was probably designed to fire .308 NATO.The NATO round is about .005 longer than the .308 winchester and is loaded to a somewhat lower pressure.I am sure some creative die adjustment will help.You may also want to keep your load near the starting load.This can really get critical with some of the weaker rifles chambered for this round like the Spanish Mausers and the rebarreled .303 british rifles. Try some .308 NATO surplus ammo and see what the cases look like.

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January 19, 2000, 05:28 PM	#13
wildcat Member Join Date: December 20, 1999 Location: Northeast Kingdom of Vermont Posts: 88	I came in alittle late on this one but here goes anyway.Your rifle was probably designed to fire .308 NATO.The NATO round is about .005 longer than the .308 winchester and is loaded to a somewhat lower pressure.I am sure some creative die adjustment will help.You may also want to keep your load near the starting load.This can really get critical with some of the weaker rifles chambered for this round like the Spanish Mausers and the rebarreled .303 british rifles. Try some .308 NATO surplus ammo and see what the cases look like. [This message has been edited by wildcat (edited January 19, 2000).]