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Russian collusion (Read 8079 times)

madsenshooter KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1079 Joined: Sep 10^th, 2009	Re: Russian collusion Reply #15 - Oct 13^th, 2017 at 5:34am	Print Post
	They were very consistent .310" diameter, though I didn't measure them all.


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Russian collusion Reply #16 - Oct 22^nd, 2017 at 6:13am	Print Post
	I had 2 of those big Russian spam cans full of 7.62x54R military ammo (ordinary ball) in packets of salmon-colored paper tied up with string. More than 400 rounds per can. Exercise #1 was to see if they would all chamber in my M39 or SA-marked 91/30. They would not all chamber. Exercise #2 was to pull about 250 bullets and measure diameters. Very few less than .310". But many were .311 a d .312. Some were as large as .315. Cartridge cases with the fat bullets would not chamber in either of my rifles.


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madsenshooter KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1079 Joined: Sep 10^th, 2009	Re: Russian collusion Reply #17 - Oct 22^nd, 2017 at 7:54pm	Print Post
	One could run Russian bullets through a Lee push through sizer, but I prefer to use the throat of the rifle. My K31 has a very tight .3055" groove diameter barrel, but it shoots .308 bullets very accurately. As long as load development is started low and worked up, and the load is used in the same rifle, I don't see a problem with slightly oversized bullets. I have a bullet I pulled from 7.62x54R, Silver Bear ammo. 147gr, but it is just as long as the 173gr bullets I have been shooting. It strongly attracts a magnet. It is .3108" diameter. A .315 bullet is about max diameter for my Krags.


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Russian collusion Reply #18 - Oct 22^nd, 2017 at 9:03pm	Print Post
	The fat ones do well in my 7.7 Jap. A rifle for every type of bullet.


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