7.62 Russian reloading

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Hi everyone, I'm pretty new here and have a question about reloading 7.62x54r. Where the heck can one find new brass for this caliber? I believe PRVI and Starline make it, but none of the site sponsors have any. I know about the equipment exchange, so i'll make a listing there one I have access. Other than paying $26 / box for factory, I can't see any other way to find the stuff. The latter doesn't work for me that well simply because I want to shoot cast boolits only, no jacketed.

This leads to my next question: Does anyone here shoot cast from their mosin? I have a 1944 carbine with the bayo taken off (had to move the front sight over to compensate) that I'd like to hunt deer with on vancouver island using cast boolits. I have currently some .314 sized GC 200g RN's I plan on loading up with unique and a2400 but I'm not sure if this will have enough energy behind it to bag a deer. The book claims 1650fps which seems reasonable but I'm still leery to try on game without research.
 
I reload 1 fired privi brass.
My m44 has a 312 dia bore. I found that the lymann 303 call mold makes satisfactory bullets but the mix neads to be hard. To compensate for mushrooming effect I cast the nose of the bullet with a strip of tin foil between the mold halves.
I prefer jacketed bullets but have a few cast bullets. My experiances are that while cast is cheaper than jacketed they are not as accurate (gas checks may help) and less potent. I also dislike cleaning lead from my nearly mint mosin barrel.
 
I run PRVI brass, I bought loaded rounds at $1 a peice and kept the brass. I have not seen any cheap brass for this caliber. Unless you check in the EE, maybe put up a WTB ad.
 
I've been shooting 311299's out of a couple MN's for years- a M39 Finn and a M44 Pole. Sized 311 in the 39 and 314 in the 44. Good accuracy with H4198. Just got a 91/30 from Tradex (nice rifle) and have loaded up a batch with 2400. Haven't tried them yet. This rifle slugs 311-312. Loaded .314's over the 2400. I've had good sucess with 2400 in a 03A3 Springfield at higher velocities. If I planned on hunting with my 44 I would practice with cast then work up and site in with jacketed loads. Lots of data available. Good luck
 
ciphery said:
I reload 1 fired privi brass.
My m44 has a 312 dia bore. I found that the lymann 303 call mold makes satisfactory bullets but the mix neads to be hard. To compensate for mushrooming effect I cast the nose of the bullet with a strip of tin foil between the mold halves.
I prefer jacketed bullets but have a few cast bullets. My experiances are that while cast is cheaper than jacketed they are not as accurate (gas checks may help) and less potent. I also dislike cleaning lead from my nearly mint mosin barrel.
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Use gas checks & you won't find yourself leading the barrel.
 
I shoot the Lee .312 160 gr. tumble lube gas check bullet in my Mosin M44,I like 16.0 grs. of 2400 behind the bullet which give good consistent 1" groups at 50 yds. Bullets drops at .313 with WW alloy I apply the GC with a Lee .314 push through sizer.

I use Prvi brass and Win. brass which is made by S & B.
 
How many can you shoot before you get lead fouling with those 160's? How fast do they shoot like 2000 fps?

I found 16.6g of a2400 to be the most accurate load out of an enfield with 200g bullets. Is 16g the magic load like 10g unique?
 
I've had no leading issues at all and the 2400 burns much cleaner in the longer rifle barrel than it does in handgun loads. MV run around 1600 fps.

As C.E. Harris stated

Sixteen Grains of #2400 is the Universal Load

The same 16 grain charge of #2400 is universal for all calibers as a starting load. It is mild and accurate in any larger military case from a 30-40 Krag or .303 British up through a 30-06 or 7.9x57, with standard weight bullets of suitable diameter for the caliber. This is my recommendation for anybody trying cast bullets loads for the first time in a military rifle without prior load development. I say this because #2400 is not "position sensitive", requires no fiber fillers to ensure uniform ignition, and actually groups better when you stripper-clip load the rifle and bang them off, rather than tipping the muzzle up to position the powder charge.
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You might also try considering this. http://members.shaw.ca/cronhelm/TheLoad.html
 
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