reduced recoil?

[younghunter12]

If I put a sks bullet in a mosin nagnt brass (54mm) would that reduce recoil. I heard that lower grain bullets makes the recoil littler. Is this ture? Thanks. Alec.

[simonkenton]

Yes it is true that using a smaller bullet will reduce recoil.
You could also use the same bullet and reduce the powder charge. I bet you could get away with a 10 per cent powder reduction with no trouble.
Or, you could use a smaller bullet and a reduced powder charge.
Whether the SKS bullet is the right diameter  for the Mosin NagantI don't know.

[S.S.]

Technically they should be the same .311-.313.
But I have seen some as tight as .309 and some as loose as .319.
Slug and measure the bores.

[Toney]

I've shot 303brit with bullets and powder pulled from 7.62x39 cases, makes a good plinking load. Getting 21-2200fps out of them

[1911crazy]

I have found out in reading ballastics tests that the smaller lighter in weight bullets have less breech pressure because the lighter bullet moves faster out of the case.(brass) If we compare the 150gr bullets to the 200gr bullets we can see the smaller weight bullet can even have more powder yet less recoil due to the faster moving lighter bullet.  It does affect the recoil too.

I went from using max loads in my 30-06 and reduced it by 2 grains and picked up better accuracy with little performance difference, it still works great for hunting, i still had maximum expansion.

My question is whats wrong with the recoil.  Does the recoil bother you as you get older. As i get older the semi-auto's become more attractive to me.  I have shot my 30-06 bolt action for most of my life now for over 30+ years and i bumped up to a 338win mag bolt action back in '94.  I don't shoot the 30-06 or 338 that often except for sighting in and hunting.  When i pick up the 338 to shoot I ask myself why did i ever buy this cannon in the first place after i pull the trigger a few times.  I'm sure in 10 more years and probably soon i'll be shooting the semi-auto's for the big bore calibers and the bolt actions for the mid bore rifles(6,5mm swede & 7mm mausers).  I did put a larger shotgun type recoil pad on my '06 so my son could shoot it and i just may try a better recoil pad on my 338 first.  I hate to retire it because its such a great stopping caliber.  Right now a hand towel under my jacket at the range does help on reducing the recoil.  I do prefer the bolt actions for hunting.

[Mikey]

Toney - you don't have to pull bullets and powder from SKS loads for your 303 Brit.  There is load data and new bullets available in the 123 grain loading for the 303, although you may have to look around a bit for it.  Any of the new 123 gn bullets for the 7.62x39mm round work very well and you won't have that crimp that may affect your accuracy.  HTH.  Mikey.

[Airsporter]

I handload using 35 grains of Hodgdon's H4895 behind 125 or 123 grain .310/.311 bullets designed for the 7.62x39.  My son's M38 shoots like an SKS with this load.

http://www.hodgdon.com/data/youth/index.php

Here's their 7.62x54R data.  Note they play it safe listing .308 bullets.

http://www.hodgdon.com/data/rifle/7.62x54r.php

[NRAJOE]

I just bought 440 rds of the Czech practice ammo (44 gr) 7.62x54r ammo:

http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinAmmo013.htm

Haven't got it yet, but it should be fun!  

Also bought 800 rds of Czech Silvertip (147 gr) from Sportsmans Guide today for $81 shipped.

[younghunter12]

Thanks for the website. On there I didn't see a price. Where did you see that you could buy from them> Thanks. Alec.

[NRAJOE]

I bought the ammo from a guy in Kommiefornia...I was just showing you what the ammo is.

By the way...it got here yesterday AFTER I went to the range... :x