dnepr
03-29-2010, 10:31 PM
with the lack of primers in my neck of the woods I said what the h**l and bought a case of czech milsurp 7.62x39 , this is the steel cased steel core stuff made by seller bellot , comes in the wood box sealed in the tin can ( and yes I did save the solder for boolits ) packed in stripper clips in 20 round boxes , ( these stripper clips also work with .357 mag, .38 special and 6.5 carcano so they are handy , (should also work for 35 rem but I don't have one of those yet). I haven't got to the range yet but I was curious to what this stuff was like , i was pretty sure it wasn't match grade :rolleyes: , so I pulled the bullets on 10 rounds and did some measurements and inspections , it is loaded with a stick powder ,there is visually odd ball kernels, longer, shorter ect, most look the same but some definite oddballs in the mix . all the bullets measured .310 I measured the powder charges and bullet weights here are the results
round # powder weight bullet weight
1 - 23.1 gr - 123.1gr
2 - 23.5 gr - 122.0gr
3 - 23.4 gr - 120.8gr
4 - 23.4 gr - 122.2gr
5 - 23.4gr - 122.2gr
6 - 23.2gr - 121.9gr
7 - 23.2gr - 122.4gr
8 - 23.6gr - 122.7gr
9 - 22.7gr - 122.2gr
10 - 23.4gr - 121.8gr
I have never done this type of inspection with any other ammo but compared to my handloads those are all over the place, still I have heard guys claiming 2" groups surprises me with this stuff , I may pull down some more and do a bit of " mexican match " segregate the bullets and even out the powder charges ,
I had a left over dud round of what I thought was the same stuff looked the same, same bullet, but loaded with 22gr of spherical powder.
round # powder weight bullet weight
1 - 23.1 gr - 123.1gr
2 - 23.5 gr - 122.0gr
3 - 23.4 gr - 120.8gr
4 - 23.4 gr - 122.2gr
5 - 23.4gr - 122.2gr
6 - 23.2gr - 121.9gr
7 - 23.2gr - 122.4gr
8 - 23.6gr - 122.7gr
9 - 22.7gr - 122.2gr
10 - 23.4gr - 121.8gr
I have never done this type of inspection with any other ammo but compared to my handloads those are all over the place, still I have heard guys claiming 2" groups surprises me with this stuff , I may pull down some more and do a bit of " mexican match " segregate the bullets and even out the powder charges ,
I had a left over dud round of what I thought was the same stuff looked the same, same bullet, but loaded with 22gr of spherical powder.