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7.62x39 EG practice ammo

bama55bama55 Member Posts: 6,389 ✭✭
edited September 2008 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
Anyone ever pulled the projo., tossed the powder and reloaded any of the East German practice ammo? The bullet is a copper plated steel jacket that had a plastic core that weighted 63 grains. It works well in AK rifles but is iffy functioning in SKS rifles.
I have an SKS and have been considering loading these cases with a standard load and bullet for it.
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,088 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is it really cost effective to do all that? A lot of european ammo is less than $200/1000 now and replacement bullets are over $10/100 and the cheapo powder will run 5 cents a round. I pulled some bullets from steel cased ammo once and when I reseated the bullets and crimped the case quite a few of them cracked at the neck or would not hold the bullet securely.
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  • bama55bama55 Member Posts: 6,389 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    True, it would probably cost as much to pull the bullet and reload, than buy a case or two of Wolf. I guess I'll either sell them or use them as short range rounds.
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  • ammo guyammo guy Member Posts: 810 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes I have done what you asked about. The cases can be loaded just as any primed case would be. The powder is faster burning and I would not use it. As you know the bullet is a plastic core inside a steel jacket. Keep in mine that the cases have corrosive primers.
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