7.62x39mm ammo choice for indoor range?

vince514

vince514

CGN Regular
Rating - 100%
41   0   0
Location
3 planets away from Trudeau
As most of you should know indoor range prohib the use of steel core ammo...

What are the choice for x39 ammo if you dont reload?

My club sells PMC x39ammo 1$ a shot :(.

I would like to start reloading this caliber soon.

Any advices?
 
I have a few S&B soft point with 16.99/20 price tag.

Reloading could be cheaper or finding a nice outdoor range to blast away with "cheap" steel core corrosive ammo :p
 
vince514 said:
Does barnaul ammo sticks to magnet? do they make ammo that i could shoot indoors?
Click to expand...

AFAIK Barnual sticks to magnet due to bimetal jacket. Some ranges allow it some don't.

Non-magnetic ammo generally runs upward of $1/round. My local shop carries Hornady, Geco, Federal in x39 caliber. Hornday being the cheapest for $49/per box of 50.

I convert surplus ammo to non-magnetic stuff, see my post here:
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/for...g-non-magnetic-7-62x39-for-less-than-0-50-rnd

If you don't reload now, the cheapest setup to get you going doing above would probably be around $200. It quickly pays off if you are buying $1/round ammo.
 
I've heard of people pulling bullets from surplus rounds and pressing in new bullets too. Never did it myself but I bet you could average out the powder charges to be more consistant and get some better accuracy... maybe... Those SKS could take the best 7.62x39 ammo in the world and still put them in a 5" group.
 
Last edited:
Mumbles Marble Mouth said:
I've heard of people pulling bullets from surplus rounds and pressing in new bullets too. Never did it myself but I bet you could average out the powder charges to be more consistant and get some better accuracy... maybe... Those SKS could take the best 7.62x39 ammo in the world and still put them in a 5" group.
Click to expand...

Projectile variation is very high in surplus ammo. I've seen as low as 121.8gr and as high as 123.6gr from what's suppose to be 123 grain projectiles. If I only pick ones with consistent weight, then those projectiles can be quite accurate (from my bolt gun).

Powder variation usually have 0.3 grain range from russian and chinese stuff I pulled. Not as big of a factor I suppose.

Either way for indoor use OP will unlikely to notice the difference.
 
I have no Idea what sks rifles you've been shooting to only get 5 inch groups . I've seen alot better than that. we had a guy who was a weapons tech in the military with an AR15 years ago get out shot by a friend with a Chinese sks. you can shoot Barnual ammo at my range.

look when you could shoot at almost anything at my range I saw this guy I know shoot a broken Master padlock with basic 223 and shoot right through it .from what I heard it's the CFO who banned steel core at in door ranges.
 
Get into casting. Right now I'm at about $50 for 380 cast lead bullets.

I'm having luck with 157grn cast bullets.

eZhoOcr.jpg
 
i wont reload surplus ammo.

I already got brass and x39 reloading dies.

Can anyone help me choose the components to reload?

I need powder and bullets.

Is this possible to choose a versatile powder for x39 and .223?
 
vince514 said:
i wont reload surplus ammo.

I already got brass and x39 reloading dies.

Can anyone help me choose the components to reload?

I need powder and bullets.

Is this possible to choose a versatile powder for x39 and .223?
Click to expand...

From what I gathered H335 would do good in both caliber.
IMR/H4198 is not optimal but usable for 223.

Reloading surplus (replace bullet) is 10x faster (literally) than brass preping. Personally I don't see the point of shooting brass from sks. Save your brass reload for the nicer/more accurate x39 guns.
 
"Mexican Match"

Pull the bullets, measure powder weights of about 5 for an average, dump out the powder into a container.

Weigh out the powder to make each one consistent.

Seat new bullets of same weight.

I have been doing this for many, many years.

Sell the pulled bullets if you want to offset your pricing.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom