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7.62x54r Steel cases for the 8x56R

travis3travis3 Member Posts: 341 ✭✭✭
edited February 2013 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
Can I load the Russian 7.62x54r Steel cases and maybe get a couple of firings from my 8x56r Steyr? Will the cases fire form?
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    While 7.62X54R can be fireformed to 8X56R (or just neck expanded and fired as it headspaces on the rim) and works fine, albeit a tad short in the neck, there are 3 things wrong with this.

    1. Berdan primed cases.
    2. Steel cases are hard to extract, and on a straight pull that would be some bad juju.
    3. Steel isn't as ductile and is liable to crack on the first firing.

    Grafs has the proper brass. In stock, too.
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