Jim Taylor
Messin' With The Mosin
Friday, December 04, 2020, 15:59

I have been loading ammo and pulling bullets. I decided to weigh a bunch of the powder charges in the 7.62x54R military loads.

The bullets are steel core 150 grain FMJ of course. They are a lot longer than the jacketed lead core 150 grain bullets.

The powder looks like 3031 and the cases have the approximate charge of powder for 3031. "Approximate" I say. The Lyman book lists 46 grains max for 150 gr. bullets. Quite a few of these were a little over that. The charges ran from lowest of 45.6 grains to the heaviest of 46.8 grains.

I am loading some of the pulled bullets over 55 grains of H380. Will see if they are any different than the military loads.

I am using new PPU brass that is Boxer primer. I have a few Winchester cases but there is a huge difference between the two.

The Winchester cases weigh 177.7 grains and hold 61.2 grains of water.
The PPU cases weigh 150.2 grains and hold 65.6 grains of water.

While it hasn't shown itself to be a tack driver, the time spent working with it has been good. We shall see what comes.