Ed Harris
posted this
24 January 2008
JeffinNZ wrote: ED: Isn't the 7.62x39 kinda sort in the neck for cast? I would be inclined to blow the shoulder out a bit and straighten up the case but move the shoulder back 2-3mm.
Any thoughts?
For target rifle I've always had best results seating the bullet out and letting the throat align and guide the bullet, rather than having the sloppy neck and chamber tolerances do it. If you require sturdy fixed ammunition for a hunting rifle, that is quite different, then you want a longer neck to preclude the bullet base from poking below the neck and into the powder space.
A short neck is no problem if the throat is long enough for the bullet to fit when seated so its base is contained to the base of the neck, short or long, it doesn't care.
I seat out 180 or 200-gr. bullets in the 7.62x39 for single-shot, boltgun use all the time. But for semi-auto in the SKS and magazine feeding the 155-162 gr. bullets I designed for the cartridge are as heavy as “works."
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