I shot a variety of traditionally lubricated cast bullets in two SKSs twenty or more years ago. Nothing clogged up and ammo fed reliably. Cast bullets shot more accurately than the surplus ammo I purchased with the rifles.
The coarse open sights certainly go along with the overall crudeness of these guns, but I was amazed at how well the cast bullets shot. As I recall, bullets needed to be larger than regular .30 caliber bullets, .311" is probably a minimum diameter.
As a side note, anyone handloading for SKSs should have a spring kit (Brownell's) installed. Much safer and the likelihood of slam fires and full auto fire is greatly reduced, maybe even eliminated.
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