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Offline Robert

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sizer diameter for Mosin-Nagant 7.62x54 and for 7.62x39?
« on: July 25, 2005, 11:02:35 AM »
If anyone has any experience, I need to order a sizer for my 7.62X39 in a .310 bore handi-rifle, and also hoping the same daimeter sizer would work for my M-44 7.62x54.  I would apprecaite som input as to what size cast bullets work best in these bores.  Thanks.
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« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2005, 11:23:10 AM »
Lotsa luck!
Lee has sizers in .308, .309. .311 and .314, cast bullets usually do best at .001-.002 over groove size.
Commie milsurps are all over the place. I have a M44 with a .314 groove, a friend has one with .316, another has one with .310..
Might check your handi too, my .308 Win. barrel measures .3093.
I called H&R about their barrel dimensions, they have a tolerance of +- .002".
The Lee sizers can easily be opened up with a piece of wood dowel, split the end, insert some wet or dry, 240 would do, chuck it in a drill motor and spin until the size is what you need.
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sizer diameter for Mosin-Nagant 7.62x54 and
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2005, 12:09:03 AM »
You need to slug your bore to see what your diameter is, and buy a sizer die according to that.  The 2 MNs I'm shooting cast bullets in measure around .313" so I size using a .314 die.  

Simply push a fishing sinker that is slightly larger than your bore through the barrel and measure it to determine the diameter.

MNs are a ton of fun to shoot with cast 'boolits'.

Rick

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sizer diameter for Mosin-Nagant 7.62x54 and
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2005, 04:13:12 AM »
Robert, I would order the .312 and be done with it. The Mosin Nagants that I have are tight in the neck area of the chamber so I can't use a bullet larger than .312 no matter what the barrel slugs out as. As I recall it took about 2-3 weeks to get the sizer from Lee. I think it cost $25.

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sizer diameter for Mosin-Nagant 7.62x54 and
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2005, 05:17:35 AM »
Yes, I am thinking of getting the Lee .312 too.  I will mostly be using it for the 7.62x39, but I am sure that it will work good enough for my M-44 with a good lube and gas-check with modest loads. Thanks Guys.
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sizer diameter for Mosin-Nagant 7.62x54 and
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2005, 03:00:51 PM »
Every gun is a rule unto itself...slug it.

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