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Loading 7.62Nato

non mortuusnon mortuus Member Posts: 649 ✭✭✭✭
edited July 2008 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
So to load 7.62 Nato (7.62x51) do I just buy 308 winchester components and use load data for lower pressure or what???
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  • PearywPearyw Member Posts: 3,699
    edited November -1
    Yes. I load 147 gr with 42 gr IMR 4895.
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  • Laredo LeftyLaredo Lefty Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, .308 components will work just fine when reloading 7.62 military brass, but military brass is thicker than commercial brass and thus have slightly less internal capacity.

    For that reason most reloading manuals instruct to reduce powder charges by 10% when using military brass.
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  • msd1261msd1261 Member Posts: 43 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Try using IMR 4064 with the old standby 147 grain bullet. I'm dropping 41.3 grains of it and am getting fist size groups at 100 yards with a 16" springfield Socom16.
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