CZ 858 Tactical

[taminsong]

A friend of mine bought this rifle, and he wants me to do the reloading for him.

So I shop around for a 7.62x39 die set and some mold, but when I researched for the mold, a lot of sizes for the bullet came up. I'm having doubt what to get. Lee does have a 2 cavity, and there's a group buy going on for this bullet but it is .314.

Can somebody please help? I need the actual diameter of the bullet that this gun uses, maybe someone here already have this gun. I think this is a new model and hopes that the bore or the bullet it uses is .308!

My friend gives me one bullet, headstamp is MFS 7.62X39. Can I disassemble it, measure the slug and buys the mold with the same diameter of the measured slug?

Please help me point to a right direction..


Mods, I don't know where to post it, I hope this is the right section.

[Paulinski]

Slug the bore with lead fishing sinker to find out the diameter of the bore.

[Wayne Smith]

Paul is right. You really don't know what that rifle is until you have slugged that barrel and probably made a throat cast or model. Until then you may find out the average of the production but do not know how that rifle relates to the average.

[HARRYMPOPE]

You wont go wrong with the Lee 155" Harris" Bullet for AK's or other 'fat" 30's like the 303 Brit 7.65 Argie,7.62 x 54 etc.i use it as cast at .314 or size it to .311 for smaller rifles/chambers.If it will chamber at .314 shoot it regardless of your bore groove and diameter.The bullets nose has a gentle lead angle and is forgiving on those sloppy chambers.That,s what Ed had in mind when he designed the bullet.

George

[taminsong]

Thanks, I will search for that mold, Lee 155 "Harris". Actually, this is the first time I've heard
about this mold.

[X-man]

The CZ-858, VZ-58 or Czech Small Arms fire the same 7.62X39mm cartridge as the AK-47/AKM. Any mould that will work for the AK will work for the CZ-858. With the price of cheap Czech surplus ammo, I don't bother reloading/casting for my CZ-858 rifles. I'm assuming that cheap surplus isn't as widely available in the Phillipines?