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The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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I talked to technical support and made my case saying how phenomenal the cartridge is, and that the only way to get brass is fire forming or hydro forming. I know Hornady is not afraid to introduce new things, best I've seen out of any company out there the last 5 years. They make .280 A.I. brass, they even brought back the 7mm WSM. They recently invented the 6.5 PRC (mass produced 6.5 SAUM) and they introduced the .300 PRC.
He listened and like the ballistic data I shared with him. He told me all he can do is pass along my case to engineering and marketing. Of course I know the market has to support it. And I told him the cartridge would be more widely used if brass was available in form. I told him about some links to look at, one being the article I wrote for CCoker's website Tactical Gun Review. It was about a 20 minute phone call, and I even told him if I need to drive to Nebraska for a meeting, I would do it. I gave him all my contact information and he said he would get back with me. If Hornady is a no, I will move on to the next company that will listen, until I get this done.
I'll keep yall posted.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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If you make a 10,000-15,000 piece commitment you may get more interest.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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I need to call lapua and tell them to start making .284win brass
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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There are other smaller brass companies that could easily take on production like that. ADG (Atlas Dev Group), Peterson, and the new company that bought Kinetic Brass up North (I don't recall their name). Starline and maybe a few others could be interested.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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There are other smaller brass companies that could easily take on production like that. ADG (Atlas Dev Group), Peterson, and the new company that bought Kinetic Brass up North (I don't recall their name). Starline and maybe a few others could be interested. ADG is my next phone call. Sure am impressed with their 28 Nosler brass. I went to the big boy first, I am going to be surprised if I hear them agree to it. But, they've got the means to make it happen if they want to.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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ADG does not currently make 7-08 Brass. I was looking last night. If they tool up for this maybe they can do both.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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Help me follow the $ here. Would Hornady have to buy any rights to a proprietary design or is it public domain?
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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Help me follow the $ here. Would Hornady have to buy any rights to a proprietary design or is it public domain? It's a wildcat, technically. No rights to buy. They make .280 A.I. brass already. Does Mr.Ackley's estate get paid for making Hornady .280 A.I. brass? Serious question. I know I don't pay the estate royalties for my .223 A.I. and my 7mm-08 A.I. brass that I've fire formed.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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Be pretty neat if a major manufacturer started producing it. Might have to get my chamber cut to AI lol.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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Help me follow the $ here. Would Hornady have to buy any rights to a proprietary design or is it public domain? It's a wildcat, technically. No rights to buy. They make .280 A.I. brass already. Does Mr.Ackley's estate get paid for making Hornady .280 A.I. brass? Serious question. I know I don't pay the estate royalties for my .223 A.I. and my 7mm-08 A.I. brass that I've fire formed. I Was wondering if Hornady would have to consider this when working cost. This makes it easier, along with little or no R&D.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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I'm already shooting handloads. If 7-08 AI brass was available, I'd rebarrel one of my SA rifles almost immediately. I've already looked hard at the 7 SAW which is roughly the same thing.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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Help me follow the $ here. Would Hornady have to buy any rights to a proprietary design or is it public domain? It's a wildcat, technically. No rights to buy. They make .280 A.I. brass already. Does Mr.Ackley's estate get paid for making Hornady .280 A.I. brass? Serious question. I know I don't pay the estate royalties for my .223 A.I. and my 7mm-08 A.I. brass that I've fire formed. I Was wondering if Hornady would have to consider this when working cost. This makes it easier, along with little or no R&D. Yes. I'll mail them twice fired brass, and tell them to keep it. And they probably don't even need that. I got the reamer in a few days, and I got Redding dies in a week, since they were special order.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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The 280AI has been mainstreamed enough to no longer be considered a wildcat. SAAMI cartridge and chamber drawings 280AI is on page 88 Most of the big players like Hornady will not touch a wildcat unless it s theirs and they will almost always SPEC their design before introduction. Too many small variations in some wildcats for libality purposes.
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lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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I'm already shooting handloads. If 7-08 AI brass was available, I'd rebarrel one of my SA rifles almost immediately. I've already looked hard at the 7 SAW which is roughly the same thing. Correct on the SAW. Being a small rifle pocket was a brilliant move on Clayton's part. However there are many more short action .473" bolts out there with a large rifle firing pin. So there's a gap to fill in my opinion. I use 6.5 Creedmoor as my match shooting rifle only these days. I hunt with 7mm bullets. If it weren't for fear of losing brass, I'd compete with a 7mm-08 A.I. like dee used to, or still does. I've said "I aint above putting a brass catcher on a bolt action". If there was a supply of 7mm-08 A.I. brass, I'd be out of the 6.5 Creedmoor business all together. It is that much better.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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The 280AI has been mainstreamed enough to no longer be considered a wildcat. SAAMI cartridge and chamber drawings 280AI is on page 88 Most of the big players like Hornady will not touch a wildcat unless it s theirs and they will almost always SPEC their design before introduction. Too many small variations in some wildcats for libality purposes. When I was on the phone with their rep, I said "you already make .280 A.I. brass, 7mm-08 A.I. brass is pretty much the same thing, just shorter." Then I gave him my MV's for both. 24" 7mm-08 A.I. 162 gr 2820 fps MV. 280 A.I. same bullet, 2930 fps MV, but needing 26 grians more powder to do it. The 110 fps isn't worth the long action for many people. Yeah the .280 A.I. will do more, that's just where it shot best. But it shows the effeciency of the 7mm-08 A.I.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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The big guys will want SAAMI specs before rolling with production the way I understand it afterall it is their standard. They will sometimes go forward with one of their development pre SAAM approval but specs are usually submitted by then, of have a gun manufacture on board to produce it.
At some point them or someone else will do it, the 280AI was a round a long time before it was standardized
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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I assumed you wanted them to produce brass Not ammunition which is different animals. I can definitely see why they wouldn’t make any ammunition as there is not enough performance increase over the standard cartridge when loaded to their lawyers acceptable limits. Pretty much like all the AI’s... The 280 was different because the standard SAAMI on it was watered down for Auto-loaders way back when so doing the AI version really brings out the true performance. My 280 load running 168-175gr bullets from a 23 inch barrel at 2885 can hangwith factory 280 AI ammo but I know that my loads are not SAAMI compliant by a long shot.
I have brought this up before but when I see some of the speeds for these AI’s and 22 Creedmoors and heck just standard rounds they are much higher pressures than SAAMI max allows. Is that a bad thing... maybe maybe not. You can argue well my brass is fine loaded 100 times etc but it doesn’t change the fact it’s over max pressure in the pressure gun and that’s what Factory’s and folks like Chad have to live by.
We hand loaders on the other hand can run that ragged edge blissfully ignorant of exactly where our pet loads really are pressure wise.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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Exactly right, DStroud.
However, I can share, a maximum publushed load for a 7mm-08 is actually not as conservative as so many other loads we are seeing now days, for many cartridges. And that load is where the fire forming load likes to be. Now, after you're formed, you have to be willing to experiment on a rifle range, and go find that new load. And I do not involve lawyers in this. Formed load, 24" barrel is a major gain in MV for such a long, heavy bullet.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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another one to try is Wisconsin Cartridge Co. they do a lot of hard to get brass and loaded ammo, is where I get my Savage .303
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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I'd think you could get it made by Robertson / RCC.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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Hornady studied the 6.5x47L before they brought out the oh so popular Creedmoor. As they did the Rem .260........ If there is another gap round needed they probably would be the ones to build the brass for it. The other up and coming brass outfits are more likely to see your point of view.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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I would love to see it get published or whatever in SAAMI and pressure testing done to see what its real gains are over the original.
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Hornady studied the 6.5x47L before they brought out the oh so popular Creedmoor. As they did the Rem .260........ If there is another gap round needed they probably would be the ones to build the brass for it. The other up and coming brass outfits are more likely to see your point of view. They just announced that hornady is making 6 gt brass for them.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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I'm already shooting handloads. If 7-08 AI brass was available, I'd rebarrel one of my SA rifles almost immediately. I've already looked hard at the 7 SAW which is roughly the same thing. Correct on the SAW. Being a small rifle pocket was a brilliant move on Clayton's part. However there are many more short action .473" bolts out there with a large rifle firing pin. So there's a gap to fill in my opinion. I use 6.5 Creedmoor as my match shooting rifle only these days. I hunt with 7mm bullets. If it weren't for fear of losing brass, I'd compete with a 7mm-08 A.I. like dee used to, or still does. I've said "I aint above putting a brass catcher on a bolt action". If there was a supply of 7mm-08 A.I. brass, I'd be out of the 6.5 Creedmoor business all together. It is that much better. Theres no way the saw is safe pressure wise. It's smaller in case capacity than ai yet yields same or higher velocity. It may run fine in most conditions but that doesn't mean it's safe in all. I asked clayton if he pressure tested it at a match and he told me he hasn't and had no clue what they are. I'd already ran rough numbers in quickload (off a piece of lapua saw brass) so I knew it was very high psi. With the new alpha brass I'd be very skeptical of advertised speeds.
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Re: The world needs 7mm-08 A.I. brass. So I called Hornady today
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Dumb question - does 7-08 AI push the limits of mag length in SA?
I'm always on the lookout for a cartridge to go to when I need to rebarrel my Tikka. Brass availability is a major concern though, so I probably wouldn't go to anything I had to fireform for.
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