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need some info on 7.62x39 and 7.62x39mm

CHEVELLE427CHEVELLE427 Member Posts: 6,750
edited August 2008 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
Anyone come across this caliber that has lg. and sm. primer pockets.

been picking up brass for a little bit and thought i would load some up just to try different bullet wt, and found some cases marked 7.62x39mm.
all these have a small pocket. all the others are large anyone ever load this , would you have to use a hotter sm primer to lite it off?
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'll probably get it backwards, but IIRC Winchester made them with small primers, and Remington made them with large primers.
    Back when I was loading it, we'd buy our brass based on which type of primers we stocked IE the 223 guys would buy one type, the 308/30-06 would buy the other type.
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,088 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Winchester and Fiochi use large rifle primers. The other brands I've seen used small diameter primers.
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks Mobuck, I kinda figgured I'd get it wrong. Oh well, it's been 15 years since I had anything to to with that cartridge.
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