75 grain Amax for an ar15 ?

[MrMajestic]

Load'um single and have fun at 600 yards!

 

[Turbulent Turtle]

Load'um single and have fun at 600 yards!

Shooting pigs at 600 yards with an AR-15 is a bit of a stretch. Some of those pigs are quite hardy.

 

[ar15topgun]

If you want a mag length heavy bullet look at the barnes 85gr. match.

 

[ericbc7]

I just bought a thousand 75 gr amax with an eye toward economy

I bet I made any mistake

 

[284winner]

Whatever you load, make sure it's a cannalured bullet in an AR. I've loaded Amax and Vmax for my AR and many of those bullets were pushed back into the cartridge while auto feeding. Even tried tighter neck tension and still had an issue. I'm sure many other guys on this site experienced the same any others no issue. This is just my experience with feeding from an AR mag with match bullets.

 

[USMCDOC]

Whatever you load, make sure it's a cannalured bullet in an AR. I've loaded Amax and Vmax for my AR and many of those bullets were pushed back into the cartridge while auto feeding. Even tried tighter neck tension and still had an issue. I'm sure many other guys on this site experienced the same any others no issue. This is just my experience with feeding from an AR mag with match bullets.

Never had an issue with this and match bullets.. mmmm

 

[284winner]

Never had an issue with this and match bullets.. mmmm

Ya like I said some don't. May just be i need to have a gunsmith polish my chamber area or do something to make the feeding much less abrupt when entering that chamber area. Constantly I have those match type bullets setting back in the case even so much that powder actually gets out of the case during operation. Not good.

 

[johnboy72]

Went shopping and couldn't believe what seemed to be extinct lmao, no varget, hand full of primers, 2 sizes of pills 3 jugs of bl-c2 , at this rate I might just make another bolt gun

 

[USMCDOC]

Went shopping and couldn't believe what seemed to be extinct lmao, no varget, hand full of primers, 2 sizes of pills 3 jugs of bl-c2 , at this rate I might just make another bolt gun

yes.. shoot a bolt gun across the course.. that is where the real fun is!

 

[JAlfred]

Ya like I said some don't. May just be i need to have a gunsmith polish my chamber area or do something to make the feeding much less abrupt when entering that chamber area. Constantly I have those match type bullets setting back in the case even so much that powder actually gets out of the case during operation. Not good.

Increase your neck tension, never had a problem with setback in reloads.

If your looking for a bullet with good terminal ballistics and longer legs than standard choices, try the 77 gr Sierra TMK. Can be loaded to mag length and has BC equal to 80 gr match bullets.

 

[Park ranger]

Ya like I said some don't. May just be i need to have a gunsmith polish my chamber area or do something to make the feeding much less abrupt when entering that chamber area. Constantly I have those match type bullets setting back in the case even so much that powder actually gets out of the case during operation. Not good.

Powder comes out of the case? Ya, take that rifle to a gunsmith ASAP. I've never heard tell of such a thing in 22 years of shooting service rifle.

Can you push the bullet into the case deeper with firm hand pressure?

 

[brainiac]

If you have a bunch of 75 A Max to shoot, I single loaded first round with one and chased it with of mag of something else hunting coyotes. It doesn't use them up fast but it does use them and the first round is a goodern.

 

[Fast14riot]

Whatever you load, make sure it's a cannalured bullet in an AR. I've loaded Amax and Vmax for my AR and many of those bullets were pushed back into the cartridge while auto feeding. Even tried tighter neck tension and still had an issue. I'm sure many other guys on this site experienced the same any others no issue. This is just my experience with feeding from an AR mag with match bullets.

Use metal mags and tweak the feed lips to bring the point of the round up, most of your problems should go away. Also, make sure there is no lip from the barrel extension hanging past the receiver for the nose to catch on.