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Livefast wrote:If only I could get a defector to drop Soviet surplus in Somerset.....

Order it from simplyammo or ammozone etc and get it shipped to your RFD

I've done another 20 rounds this morning and the powder weights were;

1 @ 49.1gr
2 @ 49.3gr
10 @ 49.4gr
2 @ 49.5gr
3 @ 49.6gr
1 @ 49.7gr
1 @ 49.8gr

Bullet weights were all within 1gr variation and ammo is 1977-dated Novosibirsk Low Voltage Equipment Plant, "77" over "188" headstamp.

Pretty consistent for old Soviet military ammo churned out in its millions

But how doth they shoot?

TattooedGun wrote:But how doth they shoot?

One doth not know yet as one has not frequented the range since titavating with said rounds :)

why load one at a certain grain count?

I would of removed the primers and replaced them with none corrosive.

We would have removed the primers too and replaced them with non-corrosive ones. Assuming we didn't want to store the ammunition for more than 10 years and are too idle to pour a few pints of boiling water through the barrel after use...










* pedantic ikkle kritter aren't us ?

Alpha1 wrote:I would of removed the primers and replaced them with none corrosive.

Remove unfired BERDAN primers??

Safer/easier/cheaper to boil the barrel out with soapy water after firing.

I don't think they are Berdan primers. I think they are boxer I might be wrong. Obviously if they are BOXER then you are stuck with them.