Best way to feed our Christmas toys?

[silverfoxdj]

Thanks for the reply's, I got called into work yesterday so I'm just getting caught up now. I appreciate the suggestions that, to so many of you must seem obvious.
I appreciate the idea of firing $0.17 surplus ammo, I could easily live with that price. What concerns me is my lack of experience in stripping down firearms. I was not raised with firearms in our home so I have always been fearful of stripping down a rifle for fear of damaging it or not being able to reassemble it. For this reason Smelli's suggestion of pulling bullets to reload the components into clean brass with boxer primers sounds less intimidating than breaking down and washing these rifles every time they are fired.
Any opinions on the Grip-N-Pull bullet puller as opposed to the Forster collet puller? It looks quicker and easier to use, set up time is nothing.
How do you safely dispose of the emptied brass with the live berdan primers still in place?

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[PCB]

I've got 2 SKS's that need the grease cleaned out of them, so yes I will finally be entering into that brave new world of stripping and cleaning firearms and my sons will be learning beside me.

 

[smellie]

I think I would load up the primed cases with cast bullets and that 13-grains-of-Red-Dot Harris load, head for the range and blast off a hundred or so at a sitting..... using a BOLT rifle.

Bolt rifle is much easier and faster to clean, you have had some fun AND you have preserved a LOT of powder and expensive slugs for more serious target practice...... and the ammo now WORKS the way it should: accurately.

So you save money, have fun and save wear and tear on yourself and your rifles..... all at the same time.

One point: you can neck-size only for the Bolt rifles, but you will have to full-length size your cases for the semi-autos. Good reason to segregate your brass: better accuracy total and much longer brass life in the bolt rifles.

Have fun!

 

[goldidig]

God Bless Tradex and their simply fabulous service! They process orders at hyper speed and ship super quick, unlike a couple other popular suppliers out there who I will never order anything from again(NOTE... No names mentioned!)! We reload for the many firearms we shoot in our family but it's still very nice to have a few cases of fair priced milsurp stuff kicking around for more extensive family fun days at the range. Especially semi autos like the SVT or SKS's. We can reload cast cheaper but not by a great lot and then it takes time to do it. Have fun with your Christmas purchases!

 

[PCB]

I understand firing the 7.62x54R in the mosins but what bolt action would you suggest for the 7.62x39? Are there any milsurps that fired that round?

I think I would load up the primed cases with cast bullets and that 13-grains-of-Red-Dot Harris load, head for the range and blast off a hundred or so at a sitting..... using a BOLT rifle.

Bolt rifle is much easier and faster to clean, you have had some fun AND you have preserved a LOT of powder and expensive slugs for more serious target practice...... and the ammo now WORKS the way it should: accurately.

So you save money, have fun and save wear and tear on yourself and your rifles..... all at the same time.

One point: you can neck-size only for the Bolt rifles, but you will have to full-length size your cases for the semi-autos. Good reason to segregate your brass: better accuracy total and much longer brass life in the bolt rifles.

Have fun!

 

[lejarretnoir]

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I understand firing the 7.62x54R in the mosins but what bolt action would you suggest for the 7.62x39? Are there any milsurps that fired that round?

There are no true milsurp bolt actions that fire the 7.62x39. There are a few rare ones made up by some arsenals, but generally they are either made up from milsurp guns by amateurs/smiths or bought as new commercial rifles such as, CZ, Ruger, Savage, Zastava and Norinco currently.