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Iv just spent a very relaxing couple of hours neck sizing some cases for my mas36 to load up some rounds for a range day to morrow.
I used a lee loader 7.62x54 nagant neck die set to size the case necks and a Le wilson seating die to seat my bullets. All done with a Arbor press sat at my computer desk. Very satisfying. I think a large glass of something is in order just to round off the evening.

They worked great. A cracking day.

Well done, Albert...

Alpha1 wrote:Iv just spent a very relaxing couple of hours neck sizing some cases for my mas36 to load up some rounds for a range day to morrow.
I used a lee loader 7.62x54 nagant neck die set to size the case necks and a Le wilson seating die to seat my bullets. All done with a Arbor press sat at my computer desk. Very satisfying. I think a large glass of something is in order just to round off the evening.

How do you find the rifle, I'm thinking of getting one, anything I should look out for ?

Check for counter boring.

Alpha1 wrote:

Iv just spent a very relaxing couple of hours neck sizing some cases for my mas36 to load up some rounds for a range day to morrow.
I used a lee loader 7.62x54 nagant neck die set to size the case necks and a Le wilson seating die to seat my bullets. All done with a Arbor press sat at my computer desk. Very satisfying. I think a large glass of something is in order just to round off the evening.


How do you find the rifle, I'm thinking of getting one, anything I should look out for ?

I love mine its really accurate as well. The rear sight is a peep sight I like it the front sight is a big wide V not to every ones liking. The stock is very short. The cases can be hard to get hold of. But its easy to convert 6.5x55 case to use in the mas. Ammo can be bought from Kranks for it. The bolt is bent forward so can be a bit of a learning curve. They are a bit different I like them a lot. But others shy away from them. I can not fault mine and it shoots great. Reloading for it is straight forward if you full length resize. I just like to experiment the neck sized ammo was just fine on Saturday Ill be using the same recipe again. If you want some thing a bit different then get one.

I thought they were all counter bored.

Nope.

I have just checked mine has about 1/8" of counter bore the rest of the barrel has very good rifling. Its a very accurate rifle so I'm not worried about the counter bore. I just assumed they were all like this having never seen another example.

Refurb Mas 36's were counter bored at the arsenal, so that a grenade launcher could be fitted by armourers in the field.
ukrifleman.