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Ammunition & Hand Loading => Cartridge and Shotshell reloading => Topic started by: kevins7189 on May 02, 2015, 12:54:30 PM
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Been looking for recipes for 7.62x39 subsonic. Only one I could find uses a powder I've never heard of Vihtavuori N160 Smokeless Powder. Is that available anywhere around here? w/150gr bullet and 1.27 grams of powder.
Anyone have any other recipes?
"Assuming" it should be pretty similar loads to 300BLK subsonic, like accurate 1680 with 220gr bullet ~11grain.
I'm thinking maybe trying to reverse engineer the ones I have before I run out, Engel "Jackhammers" 220gr.
thanks!
Yugo m92 suppressed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNtuUVDs8-w#ws)
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where are you going to get .311" 220gr bullets? or are you just going to put .308 down the larger bore?
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.308 and .311 are only .003 different and seems to be common to shoot .308 in .311 barrels.
It worked for me, here is a wolf 7.62x39 (measures .311) and the jackhammer subsonic 220gr measure .308.
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the 303 british and I think the 7.7 jap both use 311-312 bullets, they might make a heavy you can use,
what are you shooting these out of? I use cast 220 grain in my 300 whisper
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Yugo M92
From what I can see a .308 220gr should work. Just wondering if anyone has experience/recipes for this.
And, if this Vihtavuori N160 Smokeless Powder is available locally?
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From a FalFiles.com post: http://www.falfiles.com/forums/printthread.php?s=eb3918cdff8e557ae0ac944febd4570c&threadid=120666 (http://www.falfiles.com/forums/printthread.php?s=eb3918cdff8e557ae0ac944febd4570c&threadid=120666)
December 06, 2002 00:45 Post #9
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USE THIS DATA AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!!!
To make Subsonic 7.62x39 I start with Winchester brass and Winchester large rifle primers.
17 grains to 18 grains of Winchester 748 powder.
(17 grains = 1040) ( 18 grains = 1098) FPS.
Sierra 180 grain spitzer, diameter .311 code # 2310
This bullet is made for .303 Brit. but works well for this application.
Load to the same OAL as ball.
Out of my Colt 16 inch barrel I get around 1 inch groups at 25 yards, opens to about 5 inches at 100 yards.
This load will cycle my rifle, but just.
You should test your loads over a chronograph because when trying to stay under speed of sound little things can make a big diffrence.
AS WITH ANY LOADING DATA USE AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!!!
crappy accuracy, but may be a starting point for you as far as the powder load goes.
I do not reload, I'm am just passing along what the Googles found in a search.