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Odin01	Out of Spec 7.62 x 54R	Lead	[-]
Posts: 77 (08/04/09 08:37 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None I have the better part of a tin of 7.62 x 54R that is out of spec. The case leading up to the shoulder of the brass is slightly longer than other 7.62 x 54R rounds that I have and this ammo with the slightly longer case will not chamber in any of my Mosins (91/30, M38, or Finn M39). It is a couple of hundred rounds and I really don't want to waste it. Any suggestions? I bought it from Century a couple (maybe even 5+) years ago when it was really cheap. The headstamp looks like a 68 on the bottom and a script E on the top. I don't remember where it was from as I opened the Spam can years ago and transfered the rounds to a GI ammo can.
Highpower		#1	[-]
Posts: 1078 (08/05/09 09:15 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Pull the bullets and powder, re-size the cases and reassemble. That's all I can think of. --------------------------- He who lives by the sword, should go out and get a really nice sword.
cosmo05		#2	[-]
Posts: 169 (08/16/09 09:23 AM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Highpower wrote: Pull the bullets and powder, re-size the cases and reassemble. That's all I can think of. Yep, just remember to take off the decapping pin. Yep, just remember to take off the decapping pin.
Highpower		#3	[-]
Posts: 1120 (08/16/09 09:31 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	True that! My bad for not mentioning it. Good catch cosmo. --------------------------- He who lives by the sword, should go out and get a really nice sword.
Odin01		#4	[-]
Posts: 80 (08/17/09 09:11 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, got all the bullets pulled (all 440 minus the 5 I am saving out to measure and average the powder charge when it is time to start the reassembly process) with the powder, bullets, and primed cases separated. My son-in-law picked up set of Lee dies at Cabela's for about $23 and I will pick them up when we visit this Friday. Unfortunately I'll have to wait a week to begin resizing and reassembling due to a business trip. The kinetic puller separated the rounds much easier than i thought. Most only too two "whacks," many only one, and a few took three. When i have to salvage my bad 9mm or .45 rounds always seems to take 4 or 5. I'll let ya know how things work out with the reassembly.
Odin01		#5	[-]
Posts: 82 (08/31/09 06:14 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Picked up the Lee dies and have started the resizing process. Most are not too hard, but you do need lots of lube. Without bullet, the resized brass will chamber in all of my Mosins which the brass wopuld NOT do prior to resizing. After I get it all resized, I'll load up about 20 and see how they work prior to going whole hog and loading everything. I will probably back off a bot on the powder with these reloads.
Odin01		#6	[-]
Posts: 84 (09/12/09 02:46 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, an update on my out of spec Albanian ammo. The average powder measure on the original rounds was about 47 grains. I only measured 10 rounds and the variation was between 46.5 to 47.9 grains. I decided to be somewhat conservative in reloading them and only used 45 grains. I have tried to be as consistent as possible. First 20 rounds were reasonably accurate and functioned just fine (but still provided the very stout recoil in the 91/30). I am now in the process of reloading the entire batch. So far, I have a little over 5% of the brass that is not making the reload due to bad neck cracks. Hope I never have this kind of a problem with an entire case being out of spec again, but it has been a good learning experience.
m1 talker		#7	[-]
Posts: 6962 (09/12/09 03:09 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I seem to recall that the Albanian ammo was a lot of concerns to a bunch of people when it was common on the market. Many stories about deformed cases, dented cases and the like. But it was supposed to still shoot well IF you could get the rounds to chamber. I have never had any personal experience with it, but I can imagine the problems an Albanian soldier might find with it in a combat situation. Maybe that is why they never went to war against mother Russia? Curt
gunslinger586		#8	[-]
Posts: 1913 (09/15/09 02:43 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have fired several thousand rounds of albanian surplus and although they have had dents, none have failed to chamber. My SVT40 loves the stuff. In fact, so much so, that I use czech silvertip in the bolt guns to save my remaining albie for the SVT. Sorry to hear of your ammo issue but like a true milsurper it sounds like you turned a bad situation into a good one.
ball3006	The later dated Albanian...	#9	[-]
Posts: 1732 (09/18/09 06:25 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	was reported to be not very good. I have several cases of the ammo. I think mine is dated in the mid 80s range. I have never had a problem with it and it shoots minute of angle out of a couple of my Mosins....chris3

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