7.62x54R

[171raven]

For a heavier hunting load about 30 grains of any rifle powder you have lying around, RL7, 3031, 4895, 4064, Varget all work.

would any of thoes loads need a filler? looking for a good deer load with a 185gr gc cb

[Outpost75]

would any of thoes loads need a filler? looking for a good deer load with a 185gr gc cb

A one grain Dacron fiber filler over the powder will improve ballistic uniformity, but I have found with WLR or Federal 210 primers most rifle extruded powders in charges which fill at least 3/4 of the case volume work quite well without it.

[340six]

We'll first I think 147 grain FMJ's are a little much for a coyote. And the surplus ammo is all corrosive which I don't like putting down tube.

This is the same with me. I have some PPU {privi Partasan} sp? and S&B brass and hope to use my 200 grain 311365 i use in the Garand
So looking at this thread to see what loads guys are using with a 200 grain lead.
My gun is to nice to shoot surplus corrosive ammo

[303Guy]

{privi Partasan} sp?

It's Prvi Partisan.

[171raven]

A one grain Dacron fiber filler over the powder will improve ballistic uniformity, but I have found with WLR or Federal 210 primers most rifle extruded powders in charges which fill at least 3/4 of the case volume work quite well without it.

yes but unfortunatly where i live there isn't a place that sells dacron filler or any type of filler (unless i can use cotton balls then im good) so i need to know wich powder will fill the case 3/4 full.
p.s. can i use cotton balls as filler?

[Larry Gibson]

171raven

Dacron is the trade name for polyester. Pillows and toys are stuffed full of it world wide. Any fabric store or fabric department in a major store like WalMart will have it.

Larry Gibson

[171raven]

171raven

Dacron is the trade name for polyester. Pillows and toys are stuffed full of it world wide. Any fabric store or fabric department in a major store like WalMart will have it.

Larry Gibson

oh...thx

[303Guy]

I've used cotton wool (balls) and it works just fine BUT it can ignite and set the countryside on fire. It does not always ignite and in fact, most of the time it doesn't but it can and has done. I have managed to ignite it and is smoulders like cotton fabric does and increases in intensity until it flames up. I found this out using my firing tube. The cotton ignited the catch cloth material.

Dacron is the trade name for polyester.

It's the trade name for a specific polyester fibre but not all polyester fibre is Dacron. Polyester filter medium can have two to three times (or more) the fibre thickness and that is no good as a case filler.

[mikeym1a]

We'll first I think 147 grain FMJ's are a little much for a coyote. And the surplus ammo is all corrosive which I don't like putting down tube.

Maybe because I grew up with this 'corrosive' ammunition, I look at it differently. It is the primer that causes the corrosive atmosphere. On firing, it leaves, I believe, potassium chloride in the bore. This is a salt, and salt attracts water. In the case of a bolt action rifle, you pull the bold, clean the bore with hot soap and water, and dry it with patches, and then run a oiled patch through the bore. It's as simple as that. End of corrosion. If that's too much work, then, yes, avoid the surplus ammo. Plus, most of the surplus ammo is berdan primed, making it non-reloadable for most folks. Since all my guns are bolts, I would not hesitate to use foreign surplus in them. Just make sure you clean them when you get home. Shoot, you could even take a field cleaning kit with you and run a Hoppes #9 patch through the bore right there, and finish the job when you get home. Well, lecture done. Happy Shooting!

[Boolseye]

TexasinJuly: Lee TL312-160-2R, tumble lubed, GC installed with .314" Lee push-through sizing die, Lubed again, over 16 grains of 2400 or equivalent. Accurate as it gets out of my M/Ns.
-BE

[Kraschenbirn]

TexasinJuly: Lee TL312-160-2R, tumble lubed, GC installed with .314" Lee push-through sizing die, Lubed again, over 16 grains of 2400 or equivalent. Accurate as it gets out of my M/Ns.

Except for sizing to .315 and using 16.5 gr. of 2400, I shoot the same load in my 91/30. Using issue sights, I get 3"-3 1/2" 100M groups off sandbags which is about 25% better than I get with milsurp ball ammo.

Bill

[Ed in North Texas]

Maybe because I grew up with this 'corrosive' ammunition, I look at it differently. It is the primer that causes the corrosive atmosphere. On firing, it leaves, I believe, potassium chloride in the bore. This is a salt, and salt attracts water. In the case of a bolt action rifle, you pull the bold, clean the bore with hot soap and water, and dry it with patches, and then run a oiled patch through the bore. It's as simple as that. End of corrosion. If that's too much work, then, yes, avoid the surplus ammo. SNIP

If that is too much work, clean with a copper removing, water based cleaner like Sweet's 7.62. It will also remove the corrosive salts, and remove any copper left in the bore from the jacketed bullets. I usually follow with Kroil, leave it in the vise, then return the next day and clean it again. But I do that after any ammo, even my boolit reloads. Just don't put off cleaning till "manana". I've even been known to run a couple of patches soaked with Windex through the bore at the range, followed by dry patch and then Kroil when I'm at the range all day. Clean as above when I get home.

[ShooterAZ]

I use the Lee 312-160 also, over 16 gr 2400.

[singleshot]

Many good loads have been given, in addition, here's one I like: 2.5 cc's of powder in the Rel-19 burn rate range, with COW or dried coffee grounds filled to the bottom of the neck with a 185gr boolit just touching the top when seated (not compressed.)