.308 bullets in 7.62 X 39 Soviet for SKS..

[spinafish]

I first posted this on the military surplus forum, but ain't getting many bites...Has anyone tried .308 diameter bullets in the 7.62 X 39 round?  I know the American gun companies bore their barrels .308 with the rest of the world going .310-.311.  I am loading for my uncle's SKS and was hoping the manufacturing tolerances were on the small side. I have plenty of the proper weight bullets because I load for a .300 Whisper.  Maybe I'm being cheap..and should just go and buy a box of proper bullets!

[Catfish]

They will shoot, but your going to be blowing gas all around them. You can buy .310 and .311 bullets if you want to reload your own. I have loaded all of my own riflw, handgun and shotgun ammo since the 1960`s, but when I bought a 7.62 x 39 that was built with a mil. pull off barrel I started shooting boughten ammo in it. The accuracy was at least as good or probibly better than what I loaded and I could buy the ammo already loaded for less than I could load it.

[spinafish]

I'm going this as a favor for my uncle who hunts whitetails with his AKS..he has asked me to load some softpoints for him for years.  I have loaded for other family members and they have had good success with my loads.There is a good store in town who is getting outta the reloading business and have all of their stuff marked 1/2 off.  I bought dies for $12 and 100 pcs of brass for around$8..just looking to save alittle more and use the bullets I have on hand..

[PlacitasSlim]

I tried some standard .308 in my Moisin because I had them, but the results were not good. Bought .311's and they work like a champ.