7.62x39 brass
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Zjnovak
Member
Check your local range and see if there is any brass left behind (or check the brass recycling can if they have one). Also check places like Armslist or Craigslist.
KLYDE
Member
TEX,
I've reloaded for the 7.62X39 for years. Probabbly the ONLY person on the planet to have a custom barrel in that chambering for my TC Encore. I may have a package of new factory packaged cases. I'll have to get into the bunker. Get back to you shortly. I'll PM. Mike
I've reloaded for the 7.62X39 for years. Probabbly the ONLY person on the planet to have a custom barrel in that chambering for my TC Encore. I may have a package of new factory packaged cases. I'll have to get into the bunker. Get back to you shortly. I'll PM. Mike
Winchester and Remington sell factory ammo so you might (in normal times) get some brass that way.
The problem with shooting a AK or SKS is that the ejectors just tear up normal brass and makes them almost non re loadable. There are "fixes" for this. Do a search and you will find some.
If you can find brass good luck finding projectiles.
The problem with shooting a AK or SKS is that the ejectors just tear up normal brass and makes them almost non re loadable. There are "fixes" for this. Do a search and you will find some.
If you can find brass good luck finding projectiles.
4barrel
Member
Be sure to slug the barrel as bores are .308--.312.--Also they have 2 different size primers--Make sure the brass is boxer primed.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
The cost of new boxer primer brass has drove me in the past to purchase new boxer primed loaded ammo if it's affordable so we get to shoot it once. The new w Winchester, remington, seller & ballot, priv-partizan etc will be boxer primed. We then can reload it after shooting it.
David Sinko
Member
It helps to have something to trade. One of our own Forum members recently came through for me in a big way with 1500 pieces of once fired Winchester brass. I traded away a bunch of Sierra Match King bullets and some other new brass that I never used. Many shooters hoard stuff until the right deal comes along. For years I have been saving everything that I find and can not use.
I believe Remington is the only American manufacturer that has ever used small rifle primers. The newer stuff uses large primers, but I keep the small primer brass for those times when large primers will be impossible to find.
As for bullets, it's important to realize that .308" is often completely satisfactory. Each AKM is a law unto itself and you will not know what works well until you actually try it.
I now save all the once fired clean and dry Berdan primed steel cases that I find. I will load them too if I can find Berdan primers. Times are tough and you gotta cover all the angles.
Dave Sinko
I believe Remington is the only American manufacturer that has ever used small rifle primers. The newer stuff uses large primers, but I keep the small primer brass for those times when large primers will be impossible to find.
As for bullets, it's important to realize that .308" is often completely satisfactory. Each AKM is a law unto itself and you will not know what works well until you actually try it.
I now save all the once fired clean and dry Berdan primed steel cases that I find. I will load them too if I can find Berdan primers. Times are tough and you gotta cover all the angles.
Dave Sinko
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HOPSTER
Member
I just got notice of reloadable , supposedly the best German RWS 762X39 in stock right now :
RWS Brass 7.62 x 39 Unprimed (100/bag)-Ballistic Products
RWS Brass 7.62 x 39 Unprimed (100/bag)-Ballistic Products
gregintenn
Member
I can buy ammo cheaper than reloadable brass, so I refuse to reload for the 7.62x39.
tlay
US Veteran
Make sure the brass you buy is made for a boxer primer. If you are not sure about this you can tell by looking inside at the primer. If it has 2 holes you don't want it. Also the bullet size is .310".
HOPSTER
Member
1- Hornady makes 2 projectiles specifically for the M42 (AK).
2- berdan primers are sold in this country, I just saw some yesterday, just need to backtrack and figure out where.
EDITED : At Powder Valley that's where, and they are (drum roll) IN STOCK.
TULA BERDAN (KV-24N) 7.62X39 PRIMERS (1000)
2- berdan primers are sold in this country, I just saw some yesterday, just need to backtrack and figure out where.
EDITED : At Powder Valley that's where, and they are (drum roll) IN STOCK.
TULA BERDAN (KV-24N) 7.62X39 PRIMERS (1000)
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tlay
US Veteran
Berdan primers are fine if you know how to remove the old ones. On our standard boxer primer removal you can't. I have heard of a way to remove them that showed a rod that fit really tight like a long bullet. This was hooked up to a single stage press. The cartridge case was filled with water and the rod was forced into the case quickly blowing out the primer. Of course you have to do this outside.
HOPSTER
Member
A similar method was posted somewhere using a specially made cup that the base sits in, and a tight fitting rod goes into the top of a water filled case, and you smack it with a hammer to pop the primers out. Exact same principle.
I might actually try this since I have about 2000 rounds of Yugoslav brass 762 ammo here.
andyo5
Member
I have some. I have 300 rounds of 7.62x39 and 140 used cases that I need to dispose of. Also some AA1680 powder.
I recently sold my SKS (to a forum member) so I could switch to the AR15 platform.
PM me if interested and we will work something out.
I recently sold my SKS (to a forum member) so I could switch to the AR15 platform.
PM me if interested and we will work something out.
HOPSTER
Member
I wonder if the "hydraulic" method described would work with crimped primers. I didn't think about that earlier.
wallacem
Member
Andyo5 I sent you a PM about your brass. Wallacem
Ivan the Butcher
Member
Federal American Eagle is also boxer primed. On steel cases, don't plan on very many reloadings! And getting stuck headless cases out of semi-autos is a real pain. In fact I have never seen that size stuck case remover, because they engineered it for modern throw away steel cases. Ivan
Lapua 7.62x39 brass is listed in stock at Graph's and sons and Midway. Lot of money to pay for brass that may need special attention to get it to fit shell holder after being fired in ak or sks.
Might want to compare the price of new brass, bullets, primers and powder to just buying steel case. Hornady loads its sst bullets in steel cases, and others sell hunting rounds already loaded.
Might want to compare the price of new brass, bullets, primers and powder to just buying steel case. Hornady loads its sst bullets in steel cases, and others sell hunting rounds already loaded.
7.62x39 stuck case removers are available... I have one but never have had to use it.
Correction: I meant to say "broken case extractor", as the tool has to slide into the stuck case body from the rear to work... as when the case head separates and leave the front half in the chamber.
Correction: I meant to say "broken case extractor", as the tool has to slide into the stuck case body from the rear to work... as when the case head separates and leave the front half in the chamber.
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