Ljungman agm42b

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Im gonna test out a Swedish Ljungman rifle in a couple days, and I've got an ammo problem. These things are meant to fire low power/faster burn rate ammunition. The only shells available at the local gun store are Nosler hunting rounds.

How can I fire these (most likely) slower burn rate rounds without breaking ejectors and tearing rims off of casings? Do I oil them lightly first?
 
I seen bad results firing Seller Bellot 139gr FMJ through a Ljungman, blown out mag floor plates and ruptured casings. I would use Privi ammo. I would not recommend oiling the cases. Never tried myself but heard it can lead to bad results.
 
The Ljungman will handle SOME of todays factory ammo, use the 140gr. No you should not oil the shells. I do not know if the Nosler factory ammo is loaded on the hot side???????????? I have used Federal worked fine.
 
I would steer clear of federal ammunition, they use soft primers and are known to cause oob detonations in these guns.
I never had an issue with PPU and haven't heard of any. If you can find the brass afterwards, it's of good quality. I'd say never ever oil the ammunition.
 
Oiled cases was an approved solution for SOME hard extracting rifles, and when the alternatives were slim to none. But, unless there is a really big problem with the only available ammo, it is strongly discouraged. Privi has FMJ through sponsor Trade Ex. Suggest you give them a look over.
 
I was in the same dilemma of what to feed my newly acquired ljungman, decided to reload, just finished 10 test rounds, used privi cases, 37gr imr4895, behind hornady 140gr. Go that data off the net. By all accounts it should work fine in the ljungman. Will hopefully get to the range next week.
 
Key things are to avoid Federal (I had a out of batter detonation because of it), and preferably handload though if I was going for factory ammo my first choice would be PPU.

Secondly, the Swedes actually did oil the ammo in service (a pretty crappy way to mitigate the effects of a serious problem, that being the overpressured gas system), but I wouldn't recommend it, or start doing it first (i.e. testing if the ammo works before trying to oil it).
 
I had very bad results with my reloads, resizing fired cases was very hard until i went well above max powder charges. There are threads that can be found on google that gives info on over max published charges.

the very long hornady bullets group very poor and the action smashed the game king tips.
 
I don't reload yet, so the owner of the gun decided to chance it with the Nosler 140s at 2650fps. It seemsd to handle it, but now that I own the gun, im not planning on shooting the rest of the box. Oiling is said to delay extraction a pinch, and hopefully enough to get off the peak of the pressure curve.
 
I ran 5-10 rounds of S&B (soft tip I believe) through mine when I first got it. No extraction or other issues. Fine rifle. Shoot like a dream. Given the rampant rising milsurp prices lately I'm really surprised these are still selling for under 1k given their quality.
 
Consider a gas port modification of the rifle. Either find a screw of same thread pitch that is longer than original (you can control gas flow with this, and even shut it off entirely), or tap the original gas block (shudders run through the purists) to accomodate a more common thread. By making the gas system adjustable, the ammunition you can run through it can vary.

I have run S&B, and Privi through mine prior to modifying the gas system without issue.
 
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