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Anybody loaded 7.62x54R for PSL-54C?
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 373835" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>First thing to do is to slug the bore to see exactly what diameter bullet you really need. Take a soft lead .315 diameter lead muzzle loader ball and drive it through the bore using short pieces of wooden dowel rod. Measure from high spot to high spot. If it measures between .3085 .3095 use .310 bullets. If it measures .310 to .3105 use .311 bullets. You can use any brass case to reload. You will not be able to find steel cases to reload. I have had good case life with my bolt 54R's with Prvi Partizan cases. The Wolf Gold ammo is also made by Prvi. Lapua makes very good cases but they are expensive and will be called 7.62X53R. They are 7.62X54R only trimmed 1mm shorter because of political problems in their country, not being able to have military calibers or something like that. I don't have a rifle like yours all mine are bolt rifle and the prefer 174 gr and heaver bullets. You should be able to get good accuracy out of medium burning powders like MIR 4064 and Varget with 150 gr bullets. My bolt rifles really shoot with 50 grs AA4350 and 174/180 gr bullets. If your rifle is shooting like you say with Wolf ammo, which is NOT ACCURATE ammo by most standards, you really have a shooter if you properly hand load for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 373835, member: 10178"] First thing to do is to slug the bore to see exactly what diameter bullet you really need. Take a soft lead .315 diameter lead muzzle loader ball and drive it through the bore using short pieces of wooden dowel rod. Measure from high spot to high spot. If it measures between .3085 .3095 use .310 bullets. If it measures .310 to .3105 use .311 bullets. You can use any brass case to reload. You will not be able to find steel cases to reload. I have had good case life with my bolt 54R's with Prvi Partizan cases. The Wolf Gold ammo is also made by Prvi. Lapua makes very good cases but they are expensive and will be called 7.62X53R. They are 7.62X54R only trimmed 1mm shorter because of political problems in their country, not being able to have military calibers or something like that. I don't have a rifle like yours all mine are bolt rifle and the prefer 174 gr and heaver bullets. You should be able to get good accuracy out of medium burning powders like MIR 4064 and Varget with 150 gr bullets. My bolt rifles really shoot with 50 grs AA4350 and 174/180 gr bullets. If your rifle is shooting like you say with Wolf ammo, which is NOT ACCURATE ammo by most standards, you really have a shooter if you properly hand load for it. [/QUOTE]
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