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Yeah I make it a habit to clean my guns every time I fire them. The problem with 7.62x54r is there isnt much new ammo actually produced and its harder to buy it in bulk quantities. S&B makes some nice FMJ and SP, and Wolf makes some, but other than that all we are left with is dirty ass surplus ammo. But hey, thats what these guns are for, cheap, zombie apocalypse weapons
how about the has hit the fan and you have no house, you are with rig or worse, on foot. ONE rifle that you currently own, to defend, hunt and provide food for yourself and whoever is in your group.
mmm, im going to say, 8mm mouser, good old reliable bolt action. need a scope though. thats my beast
Time to reload.. Clean burns, cheap ammo, and you can adjust the loads to give your rifle better groups.
Reloading is really really simple. Really. You don't need a 400 round an hour rig to start, and used gear is everywhere.
In due time. I save all my brass but I cant afford to stock up on reloading equipment and stuff right now. I would love to reload my own ammo some day though.
If I find the right machine for the right price locally, I will definitely swoop on it. But as a broke college student I have to plan my spending very wisely
OK but please please tell me you are cleaning that brass before you put it in a box to save it...
I think you would like the 8MM mauser better... Don't think I would stake my life of a rifle made to shoot mice..
The other good thing is that you can buy some good clean new brass and load it at about 80% max power(softer target type load) and get 15-20 reloads out of the set.http://www.lapua.com/index.php?id=852Their 7.62x53 brass works(fraction of a MM different, first time firing it will resize it perfectly anyways to your chamber)l. New, clean, and works. 100 rounds will run you about $40, which isn't SO unreasonable, really. Norma also makes the brass, IIRC. Oh - interesting note, that. The original specs for the bullet were 7.62X53.5 - the Swedish government rounded down, the Russians rounded up. Same thing as far as the brass is concerned.
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