Gentlemen:
Range report. I have a 1909 Argie that I got as a barreled action. The old barrel went first. It now has a 30 Kern barrel on it. This is a blown out 7.62X39. It is in an aftermarket wood stock. I read the 7.62X39 sticky and got the Lee 155 mould. The chamber neck is very tight so I turned the case necks to .010". I sized the boolits .312. The neck fit in the chamber is tight, and the bolt cams the round in when it closes. Next time I will size the boolits .311". I loaded 14.6 gr of WC 820 surp. This is a Lee 1.0 dipper. I zeroed at 100 yds. It is a real joy to shoot. It is more like shooting a rimfire rifle. With some work it will shoot well enough to kill iron chickens at 200M. For a rifle made out of "stuff" I just had laying around, it has turned out to be a real nice rifle. It would be very good for teaching kids on their first big rifle.
Jeffrey Tooker
Paynes Ck Ca.