Okie73
08-24-2013, 06:07 PM
So the fun began when I ordered my Nagant revolver along with a Yugo Tok for my birthday. I also ordered some PPU ammo for the Nagant not knowing how poorly it was going to shoot. After slugging the bore (.313) I realized it wasn't any fault of the ammo but a to large for caliber bore. That poor little "J" word (.308) must have gone down the barrel like a pinball.
After I had emptied the cases of their powder and projectiles at the range I began the search for load data.
It didn't take me long to figure out from the posts that I had read that BP was the way to go with this little gas seal revolver.
I only have one shop locally that carries real black and they won't get one cent of my money any more so I went with 777 3F. The load I came up with is as follows:Lee TL314-90-SWC cast from dead soft sized at .313 and pan lubed with my home made BP lube,CCI 550 primers and 1.0 cc of 777 3f. I shot 30 of these last time out with no leading or major fouling.
The PPU brass did require some work to except the .313 boolits and still chamber. I was able to have a reaming/sizing fixture made at work to perform this task. With the ID reamed to .311 there is enough neck tention to hold the boolit in place.
These rounds have chronographed right around 950-1000 FPS
I have had a lot of fun with this project and would like to thank everyone that contributes to this great forum! :drinks:
After I had emptied the cases of their powder and projectiles at the range I began the search for load data.
It didn't take me long to figure out from the posts that I had read that BP was the way to go with this little gas seal revolver.
I only have one shop locally that carries real black and they won't get one cent of my money any more so I went with 777 3F. The load I came up with is as follows:Lee TL314-90-SWC cast from dead soft sized at .313 and pan lubed with my home made BP lube,CCI 550 primers and 1.0 cc of 777 3f. I shot 30 of these last time out with no leading or major fouling.
The PPU brass did require some work to except the .313 boolits and still chamber. I was able to have a reaming/sizing fixture made at work to perform this task. With the ID reamed to .311 there is enough neck tention to hold the boolit in place.
These rounds have chronographed right around 950-1000 FPS
I have had a lot of fun with this project and would like to thank everyone that contributes to this great forum! :drinks: