reloading ammo

[lmao_37]

Iam looking at buying a mosin nagent rifle in the near future and i want to make a hunting rifle out of it and have been looking at an idea of buying east europeen spam can ammo (440 rounds)  7.62x54 if i got a bullet puller to remove some of the fmj bullets and put in a hunting bullets in with a press, i am having trouble finding a good hunting load as silver tip ptfmj lead/steel core might not be appreciated round these parts, i think they would be more for the battlefield.

[a|ex]

i'm not a reloader, but wouldn't it be better/safer/affordable just to hand load your own rounds instead of modifying existing rounds? i'm not sure about how much brass is for that load.

-a|ex

[bdavison]

alex, most states ban hunting with FMJ military rounds, so lmao 37, might not have a choice but to reload.

Instead of pulling the bullets (which can be a dangerous venture)....shoot them, then reload the empty brass. Its more fun that way anyway.

Hornady makes some 7.62x54 bullets for reloaders interested in hunting with the Mosin Nagant.

I know quite a few folks have loaded .308 and used it, and perhaps even a few with the .303 round. But I've personally never tried this, and dont know how well it works. I would think the brass might only be good for a few rounds if loaded like this.

[lmao_37]

I didn't know that hunting with FMJ's was banned to be honest ill check what the law here in Texas is, i was thinking that an fmj would do a through and through and carry on its merry journey if i hunted with it and may be do some harm down range, at the moment i don't have a loading press but iam looking at learning to reload ammo but that's a way off at the moment but i was just thinking ahead and wanted to know if anyone else had the same idea or had done it. :thumb:

thanks for the advise  ;D

[Hoss]

The Mosin wouldn't be a bad gun to use for inexpensive hunting.  You never know what the barrel size is for sure with these old guns.

It's supposed to be .310, and you can get the 123 grainers for the 7.62x39 for it, and they may shoot ok.  Remington makes a .310 180 gr bullet, that would probably shoot better.  And if your barrel is a bit large, then there's also the 303 bullets in .311 and .312 out there.  And, you can get lead bullets in different sizes as well.

I guess what I'm saying is that it'll be about as easy to get a decent load with the rifle as is possible. 

Well, geez.  I don't have a Nosin, but I'm getting one now.  :)

[lmao_37]

Well, geez.  I don't have a Nosin, but I'm getting one now.  :)

Thanks for the advise Hoss  :thumb: Iam looking at making a hunting rifle out of a mosin and there seems to be a lot you can do with them i have seen them on gunbroker.com for as little as $30 up to $200 which for a rifle is quite cheap, but i want it for more of a challenge i haven't made a hunting rifle or any rifle before and i think it will be a good learning curve and i cant wait to start. The parts arnt that expensive i have seen a replacement bent bolt body is $65 and the hunting stock is about the same and then just the scope mount as i want to use it as a hunting rifle, iam going to get a 3 point drill n bolt scope mount which is the Cadillac of the scope mounts is $95 so all in all its going to be a good rifle to take wildboar and anything else  ;D