Cast bullets in K31 Swiss??

[samson1150]

Hello, I am new to shooting the Swiss K31's. Have three and shot them with the factory PPU manufactured with 173 FMJ. I cast bullets for 25 years, and quit casting about 15 years ago. Now I am getting the casting fever again. Looking for help me with sharing suggestions of favorite bullet to use for the 7.5x55 Swiss. What mold manufacturer, style, weight, and sizing ? And the list goes on..... I would be glad to consider any suggestions or experiences you may have. Thank you for taking the time to read this request! John

[pworley1]

Here is a thread to get you started. You can search for 7.5x55 and get many more.
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sho...ghlight=7.5x55

[garandsrus]

The Lyman 311413 is a good bullet for a K31. The RCBS 30 cal Silhouette is also great. Watch the nose diameter and make sure the bullet chambers easily.

[TreeKiller]

NOE makes a K31 boolit. works good.

[K43]

NOE makes a K31 boolit. works good.

+1 Made for the application. No seating deep, no finagling, it just works.

[czgunner]

Is that mold still being made? I've been watching for quite a while and its always out of stock. They've ignored all 3 of my emails the last year.

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[Adam Helmer]

My Swiss rifles all like the Lee C312-185 RN sized .309.

Adam

[OptimusPanda]

I have had some luck with the lee 312-155 sized down and seated deep enough. They worked well enough for my uses.

[Dan Cash]

This bullet from Accurate works very well: https://accuratemolds.com/bullet_det...bullet=31-185S

[35 Whelen]

I used to shoot our local High Power matches with one of my K-31's, it's very accurate.

I started with a homely 145 gr. plain base FP and 6.7 gr. of Bullseye-



I later switched to the bullet from the NOE mold, but I no longer see that mold on their site.

The Lyman 311672 is supposed to be a good one for the K-31 too.

[andrew375]

I've used the Lee 200gr with good results.

[czgunner]

Is that mold still being made? I've been watching for quite a while and its always out of stock. They've ignored all 3 of my emails the last year.

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As an update, I called NOE and was told their production has been shut down for 7 months. The fellow I spoke to said they may be running again around the first of the year.

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[c141b]

lee c312-155-2r is the best bullet that i have found that works the best for me. I can keep it in the 6 inch bull at 100 yards, on a rifle rest mind you!
Buy the 6 gang mold for casting, it's so much better than the 2 gang mold. Slug the bore, size 1 or 2 over groove diameter.

my specifications: slug- .307
sized- .309
OAL- 2.770
Touch the lands- 2.795
power 2400 ------- 16 gr.
rear sights set to 400 meters.
my chronograph read fps- 1614,1549,1543,

sized at .308 had some blow back from case leakage, failed to seal case neck fully.

[gwpercle]

NOE is up and running again .
If you want a mould , join the NOE Forum ... you can get in on a production run or , do as I did and Start a production run ... 10 or 12 sign on to the run and the moulds are made and shipped ...
Beats sitting around waiting for a mould to appear in their inventory ...
Seven Ways To Sunday !
It must not be that hard to do ... I did it !
Gary

[M1fuzz]

The NOE improved 315 or the Saeco 315 cast bullets do a good job in my Swiss K11. I imagine they will do fine in your K31 as well.

[Gewehr-Guy]

The PPU brass seems too be sold out at most places I have looked, and was selling at around .80cents ea. Raven Rocks Precision has Norma brass on sale now for
$ 1 ea, free shipping with a $150 order. I don't know where else too find once fired, maybe try Duck Creek Reloading?

[waksupi]

You can form brass from .284 Winchester. If you can find it!

I'll ask Pierre St. Marie if he has a source of brass. We talk about every day.

From the expert;

Pierre St. Marie
Good morning Ric. I'm afraid that the term "reasonable" no longer enters into the conversation as pertains to 7.5 x 55 brass. Yes, 284 does work, but please note that it works perfectly 100% of the time in the G11 series rifles, But when it comes to the Kar.31, You may get one or two failures to extract once in a while. The difference is the thickness of the rim And its interaction with the two extractors on these rifles being just a bit different.

[Kraschenbirn]

From the expert;

Pierre St. Marie
Good morning Ric. I'm afraid that the term "reasonable" no longer enters into the conversation as pertains to 7.5 x 55 brass. Yes, 284 does work, but please note that it works perfectly 100% of the time in the G11 series rifles, But when it comes to the Kar.31, You may get one or two failures to extract once in a while. The difference is the thickness of the rim And its interaction with the two extractors on these rifles being just a bit different.

Interesting. Not really a statistical sample but my experience has been exactly the opposite: no extraction issues using brass formed from 284 in my K31 while my well-worn 96/11 has a definite preference for PPU 7.5x55.

Bill

[Leadmad]

lee c312-155-2r is the best bullet that i have found that works the best for me. I can keep it in the 6 inch bull at 100 yards, on a rifle rest mind you!
Buy the 6 gang mold for casting, it's so much better than the 2 gang mold. Slug the bore, size 1 or 2 over groove diameter.

my specifications: slug- .307
sized- .309
OAL- 2.770
Touch the lands- 2.795
power 2400 ------- 16 gr.
rear sights set to 400 meters.
my chronograph read fps- 1614,1549,1543,

sized at .308 had some blow back from case leakage, failed to seal case neck fully.

Same projectile, same OAL, same size .309, same sight setting just a different powder with similar velocity my K31 loves this lee mould

[mannetjiesroux]

So the question arises, where can I find once fired range brass for the 284 Win. I have no brass for 7.5mm Swiss. Its my understanding that all that is needed to convert 284 Win brass to 7.5mm Swiss , is to open up the neck enough to receive .308 cal bullets or boolits?