Author Topic: 7.62x39 fire formed to .401 SL  (Read 1147 times)

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Offline clayton

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7.62x39 fire formed to .401 SL
« on: June 20, 2005, 07:04:09 PM »
Can 7.62x39 be fireformed for the Winchester .401 SL. If so could someone tell me how it is done.

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7.62x39 fire formed to .401 SL
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2005, 09:35:59 AM »
Clayton my good man, I have had exactly those thoughts.  Straight-case that 7.62x25 and get yourself something in the power range of the old 401WSL and go huntin'.  

However, I don't know if you can fire-form something like that, although I don't know why not.  Heck, the 06 case has been blown out to a 444 caliber so why not the 7.62 to .401??.   You have to expand the neck to take a 401WSL bullet and load it over a light charge and that should expand the case without blowing it.

If you just need .401WSL brass, I'm sure that someone like Starline probably already produces that case.  HTH.  Mikey.

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7.62x39 fire formed to .401 SL
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2005, 01:09:57 PM »
We can get you the brass; cost is 35.00/50.
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