Anyone load for AKs?

[Bumslie]

Yep. Large rifle. A drop of super glue to stay in place, otherwise it would easily back /fall out

[meaty-btz]

Yep. Large rifle. A drop of super glue to stay in place, otherwise it would easily back /fall out

wonder if there is a way to "crimp" it in place.

[Bumslie]

wonder if there is a way to "crimp" it in place.

Soon as I get home I'll take some photos of the primer for you, but they all stayed in place wonderfully. 9 gr of unique started to show pressure signs

[Capybara]

So no primer "bleed" from pressure? I love your cast boolits, they be pretty!

[Pauliedad]

Bumslie, so how's the grouping? I'm digging the PC boolits but my hobby bandwidth is maxed out. If I load for accuracy, it will be with purchased pills.
I managed to group 30 rounds in a 6" circle today at 100 yards using an OPAP with a 4x scope.
Think this would tighten up a bunch with consistent ammo?

[ArmedCMT]

I also have everything except the powder to reload x39, but im planning on shooting out of my SKS.

[meaty-btz]

Soon as I get home I'll take some photos of the primer for you, but they all stayed in place wonderfully. 9 gr of unique started to show pressure signs

Mousefarts? Are you using filler?

[Bumslie]

Bumslie, so how's the grouping? I'm digging the PC boolits but my hobby bandwidth is maxed out. If I load for accuracy, it will be with purchased pills.
I managed to group 30 rounds in a 6" circle today at 100 yards using an OPAP with a 4x scope.
Think this would tighten up a bunch with consistent ammo?

I didn't go for groups this go around . I was at a fun shoot, so wasn't being as diligent about load development as I could have been. This was all for function testing. Shooting out of a Russian sks

I tested
Brass x39 loaded up with 30 carbine for bullets and 4227. 21-23 gr

Functioned great. Cycles slide. I'm going to be testing this more.

Brass x39 loaded with 150 gr cast loaded with unique. 8-9.3 gr

Doesn't cycle, but probably the most fun I had shooting all day
9 started to show pressure signs. 8.6 or there abouts is where I'll be

Steel cased x39 with cast 150 gr loaded with unique. 8.0-9.0

9 didn't show pressure signs like the brass.

They were reasonably accurate as I was shooting offhand at clays about 50 years away.

[Bumslie]

So no primer "bleed" from pressure? I love your cast boolits, they be pretty!

None on the brass cased. The steel cased only when reaching 9 gr. But probably didn't get a good seal with the super glue

Mousefarts? Are you using filler?

Nope. No filler needed

[Bumslie]

22 gr of 4227 still looking good





Left to right 8, 8.3, 8.6, 8.9, 9.2


Primers Start to back out around 8.6




Left to right steel 8.0 8.5 9.0

[sl0re10]

Are the primers the same diameter or are the boxers a little smaller?

On silverbear 12 gauge I've been able to use some of the used primer as a seal since they're a little bigger.

[Bumslie]

Boxers are a little smaller, that's why I had to superglue.

[ArmedCMT]

Can unique be used with jacketed bullets?

[ar15barrels]

wonder if there is a way to "crimp" it in place.

There is a method to swage primer pockets smaller.
It needs a special ram to be made for the reloading press to hold a ball bearing and then an RCBS swage backup die can be used to support the cases from inside.

[ArmedCMT]

That's a setup like that run?