Author: englishman_ca
Subject: No1 MkIII
Posted: March 24 2019 at 6:21am
When I bring my rifles out to my little range behind my garage for a shooting session, I can easily shoot off a couple hundred rounds at a time. That can be an expensive afternoon if I used commercial ammunition.
Subject: No1 MkIII
Posted: March 24 2019 at 6:21am
When I bring my rifles out to my little range behind my garage for a shooting session, I can easily shoot off a couple hundred rounds at a time. That can be an expensive afternoon if I used commercial ammunition.
I checked the other day at the local hardware store, they have Winchester ammo for $39.95 for a box of 20. Yikes!!
So, for a plinking load (almost all my shooting is for plinking fun theses days) , I use 7.62 x 39 Russian or Chinese ammo, pull the bullet and use it and the powder load as is.
Other than a new primer, the cost is kept down to that of purchasing a crate of surplus ammo.
The military surplus cartridges appear to have some form of sealing compound on the bullet that effectively glues them solid into the mouth of the case, to keep out moisture I guess. To be able to use my inertia hammer, the bullets need to be shoved down into the case with a seating die just a touch to break that seal.
And yes, I know, the 7.62 bullet is undersized (.310). However, for the shooting that I do, all under 100 yards, they seem to be accurate enough for my 'minute of pie plate' shooting.