Match Ammo for the 7.62X54R

[blacst]

The Match Extra Wolf is very good. Don't bother with the Match Wolf. Hand loads are better yet. But, you know that Sasha. lol

Try this bullet.
www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=165542

You should get you a tighter chamber fit.

I am getting ready to work with this bullet and neck sized norma brass for my accruized 91/30. I will get you more on the grains of powder after I get it figured out. But with at tighter bore fit, I will start at the bottom of the chart and work up.

[timdp]

There is also the 7n1 post war sniper ammo, but this has recently gotten very expensive : +/- $300 for a 440 round can.

viktor

[horsesoldier176]

I load my own ammo, and for my snipers, I load to each chamber. By that I mean, I load so that when the bolt is closed, the bullet engages the rifling, so there is no bullet skip. This, by itself will improve accuracy by about 20%, as a norm per rifle.

The other advantage to loading your own, is you control the environment, and the QC for the production of the ammo. I also have cartridge cases set aside by rifle, so that the cases are trimmed to match the chamber of the rifle, and once fired in that rifle, the case is fire formed to that case.

While this may be "Greek" to some of you, all of these steps will improve your accuracy, and make your snipers actually do what they were designed to accomplish. With that having been said, if all you ever fire is blanks, or if you don't try to fire live ammo accurately, it is irrelevant.