Will have to see if they shoot any better than "out of the can" rounds.
Russian 54r milsurp experiment.....
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Russian 54r milsurp experiment.....
Had some time to spare earlier so I pulled 20 150gr Russian milsurp rounds, resized the case,weighed the powder and reloaded them to the average and reseated the bullets with a light crimp.
Will have to see if they shoot any better than "out of the can" rounds.
Will have to see if they shoot any better than "out of the can" rounds.
"The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
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meles meles
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Re: Russian 54r milsurp experiment.....
Comrade Snayperskaya,
You have failed to file a report with the Sett's Commissar detailing, in triplicate, the weight of each individual bullet, case and powder charge, the COAL, seating depth and the same data for your 'average' reloaded specification. We are sure this is an oversight. Be pleased to relay this data immediately such that we might save our Siberian Sett the trouble of preparing a hole for you.
Badgerski
You have failed to file a report with the Sett's Commissar detailing, in triplicate, the weight of each individual bullet, case and powder charge, the COAL, seating depth and the same data for your 'average' reloaded specification. We are sure this is an oversight. Be pleased to relay this data immediately such that we might save our Siberian Sett the trouble of preparing a hole for you.
Badgerski
Badger
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Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
"Quelle style, so British"
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Badger Korporashun
Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
"Quelle style, so British"
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lasbrisas
Re: Russian 54r milsurp experiment.....
When you say resized is that F/L resize, with the decap pin removed I'm guessing, what was it like resizing steel cases ? How much powder was in them out of interest ?
Re: Russian 54r milsurp experiment.....
Heskith-Pritchard describes the same practice on the Western Front to great effect...
In 1978 I was told by my grand dad that the secret to rifle accuracy is, a quality bullet, fired down a quality barrel..... How has that changed?
Guns dont kill people. Dads with pretty Daughters do...!
Guns dont kill people. Dads with pretty Daughters do...!
Re: Russian 54r milsurp experiment.....
I have done the same thing before I also did the same with some 8mm milsurp stuff. I might still have my notes some were.
Re: Russian 54r milsurp experiment.....
I would also be interested to hear how much of a powder weight variance there was between cartridges.
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snayperskaya
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Re: Russian 54r milsurp experiment.....
Neck sized with a Lee Loader, no harder to do than brass as the case neck had hardly altered by removing the bullets.Powder weight was pretty consistent to be fair, ranged from 49.3gr to 49.8gr and the average for the 20 rounds was 49.5gr and the bullet weight varied by less than a grain across all 20.Seating depth was set to the same overall length as the original rounds.lasbrisas wrote:When you say resized is that F/L resize, with the decap pin removed I'm guessing, what was it like resizing steel cases ? How much powder was in them out of interest ?
Mr Badger, sorry but information was transmitted to our Asian attaché Tovarisch Meles Leucurus......European Badgers not trusted in the Motherland!
"The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
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meles meles
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Re: Russian 54r milsurp experiment.....
*Picks up teffylone to the Siberain Sett*
Badger
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Badger Korporashun
Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
"Quelle style, so British"
CEO (Chief Excavatin' Officer)
Badger Korporashun
Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
"Quelle style, so British"
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Livefast
Re: Russian 54r milsurp experiment.....
If only I could get a defector to drop Soviet surplus in Somerset.....
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