30/06 Ackley Improved Help!!
04-21-2010, 02:43 AM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 253
30/06 Ackley Improved Help!!
Ok heres the deal... I just recently bought a Howa 1500 30/06 AI for real cheap. I was wondering what all the "AI" is and what all is done to make it that way. I researched on the net some but didnt find out much.(have limited access to net at wrk).
I was also curious can u still shoot a 30/06 Springfeild thru it accuratly. Cause from what little i've heard..., The AI brass is fire formed from a reg '06 cartridge, They just blow the shoulders or somethin out. So ya basically dont know much and would like a lil info on this gun b4 i dump and money into it...
I was also curious can u still shoot a 30/06 Springfeild thru it accuratly. Cause from what little i've heard..., The AI brass is fire formed from a reg '06 cartridge, They just blow the shoulders or somethin out. So ya basically dont know much and would like a lil info on this gun b4 i dump and money into it...
04-21-2010, 05:04 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Garfield NJ USA
Posts: 3,067
The AI case is a standard 06 case fired in an AI chamber to be formed with a 40' shoulder and less taper on the body, giving approximately 10% more case volume. Do you handload? If not then you'll need to start because there are no factory loads available for the 06 AI.
As far as whether or not your gun will shoot 06 ammo accurately only your gun will be able to make that decision. If you bought this and intend to only run 06 ammo through it I'd have to say you wasted your money, now if you handload then that's a different story.
As far as whether or not your gun will shoot 06 ammo accurately only your gun will be able to make that decision. If you bought this and intend to only run 06 ammo through it I'd have to say you wasted your money, now if you handload then that's a different story.
04-21-2010, 08:47 AM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: ****ifornia
Posts: 5,052
Make sure it is a 40 degree AI, some AI's are 35 and some could be even different then that. But yea, fire form loads can be accurate. If you don't handload, I would take it to a smith and set the barrel back and rechamber to a standard 30/06...
06-13-2010, 07:51 AM
#8
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Colorado
Posts: 797
Yeah if your not going to reload it I would sell it. But if you do you can fire form all your cases using standard 30-06 ammo. It's really a waste of money unless you have lots of it. It does give you an extra percentage of power but you'd be better off just buying a 300win mag or WSM instead. Or go back to the original 30-06 I believe it's a proven cartridge.
