corey012778

I was looking into getting more 7.62 x39 ammo, with the war, supplies are low even in US brands and prices are going up. Is it worth to start reloading this round? if so What brass, bullet, and powder?

HighDesertWolf

the price in new brass will kill the idea alone, I had the same idea but then decided to just reload it for specialty and hunting rounds. once fired brass will be slim to none to find since everyone shoots the non-reloadable steel cased russian stuff anyway. but a package of winchester 100 pieces will run ya around 30 bucks and the remington stuff will run ya around 28 bucks also keep in mind that remington brass uses small rifle primers and winchester uses large rifle primers.

steve4102

"Is it worth it", it is to me. I load because I enjoy it and for accuracy. Loading for the 7.62x39 will give you a much better choice of bullet weights and types.
Brass is available in Win and Lapua. Remington no longer has it listed as a component and places like Midway, MidSouth and Cabela's no long have it in stock. I purchase my Lapua brass here,
http://www.superiorshooterssupply.com/catalog_page.cfm?queries_index=index6&title_ba r=Components&ProductCode=9
It is the best brass made and is cheaper than Win.

Bullet selection depends on what you want to shoot and bore dia. My Ruger is a .308 bore while most 7.62x39's are .310. For paper punching and general all around fun shooting just pick the bullet that is most acurate in your rifle. For hunting select a bullet that will expand and penatrate at the slower velocities of the 7.62. Bullets like the Ballistic Tips or any of the 30-30 class bullets will do fine. Tough bullets designed for high speed rifles will not expand properly and just pencil through.
Lots of good powders for this round. AA 1680 was designed especially for it and works well with all bullet weights. Two of my favorite powders are VV 130 and H 322.

Pioneer2

A 24gr charge of Win 748/Win brass/123 gr bullets shoot nice out my son's SKS.Ballistic tips are soft enough to expand reliably as well.22gr RE7 gave 2000fps with 150gr bullets as did 22gr of IMR 4198[150 gr]for 2100fps with good accuracy...........Harold PS get the Hornady dies as they come with a .308 expander and a .310 as well

cataway

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2048707&mpage=1&key=&#204920 9

eldeguello

Check out the above. A lot depends on what you intend to use your ammo for. If you want precision for use in a n accurate rifle, reloading is the best way to get it. If you are just looking for something to pop beer cans with, use Wolf Brand! Or some other such military mox-nix stuff....

corey012778

Give me something think about.

I read that other thread. I will think and work it into my budget if I deside to do it.

something I read, there is 2 diff. bore sizes, what is the easy way to find out which one I have. if I got it right.

eldeguello

Actually, it would be nice if there were ONLY TWO BORE SIZES!


The nominal bore size for the Russian rifles, both the 7.62X39mm and the 7.62X54R is bore = .300", and groove diameter = .310". BUT although most of the ones I've seen were pretty close to .300 land (bore) diameter, the crude but simple Russkies gouged out many different depths of grooves in their barrels-I've seen them a true .310", up to the Mosin/Nagant M91-30I currently own, which is a full .314"!!

I have a CZ 527 (not so crude!!) which is .300"/.311". This little rifle shoots .308" bullets very accurately as you probably saw on that other thread!

Ruger made his bores (at least on the Mini-30) to standard US .30-cal. specs, .300/.308". BUT the leade into the rifling was sloped pretty steeply to allow the shooter to use eastern Block ammo which has .310-.312" bullets in it.

If you have a CZ, try it with .308" bullets. My tw Chinese SKS's will also shoot .308" bullets but are more accurate with .311" bullets. My Mosin-Nagant 7.62X54R shoots .311" bullets better than either .308" or .314" bullets. I am going to try some FN .313", 174-grain FMJBT 7.65X53mm Belgian military bullets in it to see if these are better. So far, this particular rifle has not been too outstanding. I just glass-bedded it to see if that helps any.

I have been using Winchester brass, but may switch to Remington, as Rem. cases use Small Rifle primers, just like the PPC rounds do. I think the small primers may be better in this little case.

Briman

If I owned a CZ carbine I'd reload, but I don't see reloading for my SKS which flings expensive brass everywhere with a lot of force behind it.

cataway

iwent shooting saterday ,took the AR 15 with the 7.62X39 upper ,nottiring as hard asi could of been(it has shot better) 5 shots











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