marksman wrote:7.62 brass is a bit thicker, and commercial .308 is sometimes loaded to slightly higher pressure, but other than that, the cartridges themselves are pretty much the same. If you want to be ultra safe you can buy a 7.62 x 51 barrel I have
JimTom wrote:I am of the understanding that some of that military stuff is double flash hole. Don’t know for certain, I was told this by an old fella once. Please correct me if I am wrong.
JimTom wrote:Mate what do you use to remove the used primers? A conventional decapping pin in a neck sizing die obviously won’t work. Be interested in hearing how it’s done.
wanneroo wrote:JimTom wrote:I am of the understanding that some of that military stuff is double flash hole. Don’t know for certain, I was told this by an old fella once. Please correct me if I am wrong.
There was plenty of berdan primed 7.62 NATO brass made but became less common to find by the 1990's.
I'm shooting 1975 and 1976 Austrian made Hirtenberger 7.62 NATO right now that is berdan primed and I reload it with berdan primers. Most people don't want to bother reloading it but I do and it's not overly hard to do. I also reload berdan primed Swiss 7.5x55.