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7.62 mm. Russian
Cartridge, 7.62x54R, or 7.62x54mm
Rimmed Russian
The 7.62x54R ,
was adopted by the Russian Army in 1891, and has
been used through all wars since to date. It is a
rimmed cartridge that has a large diameter body and the outer edge of
the case is beveled. All Mosin-Nagants, Finnish Nagants, Nagant
Carbines, Sniper Rifle Dragunov (SVD), and Tokarev rifles use
this cartridge.
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larger imageBallistics -
Very similar to the British .303 and the .308 Winchester.
New Production Ammo can be
found manufactured by Norma, Sellier Bellot , Wolf
Performance, and Winchester to name a few.
Reloading Dies are made
by Dillon
Precision, RCBS, Redding, and Lee
Precision
, to name a
few.
Reloading
components can be found at Huntington's, Midway USA, and
the Wholesale
Hunter, to name a few.
Brass -
Sellier Bellot does not reload well. Norma brass and any
US manufactured does reload well. I suggest purchasing new
Norma or Lapua
Brass from Midway USA or other listed above. Granted it will
probably cost you more for 100 new pieces than what you may
have paid for the rifle. One easy way of remedying this is to
purchase three or four rifles - then because of economy of
scale you will feel you are getting a better
bargain!
Powder - IMR 3031 or IMR
4064 are both good powders for this
round.
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