Originally Posted by Stanton Hillis
Originally Posted by ellenbr
Now if we could only get current shotshell companies to cough up their pressures?

Serbus,

Raimey
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Pretty simple to send 5 to Tom Armbrust to determine the pressure(s). 'Twould be nice to get chamber pressures for free from the shotshell manufacturers but, peace of mind is worth far more than Tom's fee, sometimes.

Which, will tell you the average pressure of five rounds from THAT LOT. The next lot, or the lot produced just before, may have different components and/or powder, and may test completely differently, and as long as they do not exceed SAAMI max, will be considered by the producer to be compliant. If anything at all changed, the pressure can be assumed to be different. But, you have no way of knowing how or which way different, much less what components were changed.

I don’t actually have a dog in this fight, but, we do have to consider US production ammunition suspect, from the standpoint of pressure, unless it is specifically stated on the package.

Best,
Ted