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Anybody loaded 7.62x54R for PSL-54C?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Thomas" data-source="post: 373862" data-attributes="member: 15748"><p>KNC,</p><p> </p><p>For starters, just like RT said, forget about the steel cases. They use steel because it's cheaper and more readily available than brass, not because it's stronger. It probably can be reloaded, but it seriously wouldn't be worth the effort it'd require. The US used lacquered steel for several cases during WWII, and I've shot a fair amount of 45 ACP steel cased rounds. Worth mentioning that those cases used an intermediate sized primer, one that I'd never seen before or since. Not a small and not a large, but something in between, so it rendered the whole idea of reloading those cases at all completely moot. I don't know if this extends to other calibers of steel cases.</p><p> </p><p>The 7.62 is an inherently accurate round, and the Russians used it as a standard Match round in Olympic and International 300 meter competitions just about forever. They still use it as their standard sniper cartridge, and ironically, it was used to set the highest number of confirmed kills in history <u>against</u> them when a Finnish sniper racked up an incredible 505 confirmed kills during the Russian invasion of 1939. Not too bad for a war that lasted all of a 105 days.</p><p> </p><p>I'm biased, of course, but I'd recommend the Lapua cases, and yes, we do designate them as 7.62x53R. This was also a standard Finnish service cartridge for quite some time (Finland was a Russian territory prior to 1917, hence armed with Russian equipment), and is still a very popular hunting cartridge for moose there. Take some time with load development, treat it like any other cartridge and you'll be rewarded with an accurate shooter, no doubt in my mind. The fact that you've already seen sub-MOA performance out of it already set the bar. Now all you have to do, is clear it again!</p><p> </p><p>Kevin Thomas</p><p>Lapua USA</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Thomas, post: 373862, member: 15748"] KNC, For starters, just like RT said, forget about the steel cases. They use steel because it's cheaper and more readily available than brass, not because it's stronger. It probably can be reloaded, but it seriously wouldn't be worth the effort it'd require. The US used lacquered steel for several cases during WWII, and I've shot a fair amount of 45 ACP steel cased rounds. Worth mentioning that those cases used an intermediate sized primer, one that I'd never seen before or since. Not a small and not a large, but something in between, so it rendered the whole idea of reloading those cases at all completely moot. I don't know if this extends to other calibers of steel cases. The 7.62 is an inherently accurate round, and the Russians used it as a standard Match round in Olympic and International 300 meter competitions just about forever. They still use it as their standard sniper cartridge, and ironically, it was used to set the highest number of confirmed kills in history [U]against[/U] them when a Finnish sniper racked up an incredible 505 confirmed kills during the Russian invasion of 1939. Not too bad for a war that lasted all of a 105 days. I'm biased, of course, but I'd recommend the Lapua cases, and yes, we do designate them as 7.62x53R. This was also a standard Finnish service cartridge for quite some time (Finland was a Russian territory prior to 1917, hence armed with Russian equipment), and is still a very popular hunting cartridge for moose there. Take some time with load development, treat it like any other cartridge and you'll be rewarded with an accurate shooter, no doubt in my mind. The fact that you've already seen sub-MOA performance out of it already set the bar. Now all you have to do, is clear it again! Kevin Thomas Lapua USA [/QUOTE]
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