7.62x54R reliability test

[sbaker10]

I had approx 6 Russian surplus 147gr light ball that I wanted to do a test with, I submerged 1 for an hour. Another for approx 3 hours. A 3rd for 24hrs, I soaked one in WD40 spraying it directly on the primer and left it to sit for a week with the final 3 I dunked 2 in hoppes 9 and used a wire brush to scrub the primer sealant off the best I could and left the last one untouched and soaked them all for 1 week.


They all fully fired with all the noise and thump expected. Although the ones who had a week long bath had partially rusted and one split in the neck. Scary.

Also I was shooting at a 100lb tractor weight I tied to a tree and it was barely putting divots in it I even shot a package of fresh ammo just to make sure. Even where I hit the spot it was half an inch thick it didn't even bulge the other side. Im wondering what the hell that thing is made out of.

I just felt like testing the ammo reliability as many people store it for shtf and that was partially my reason for buying a mosin as well so I wanted to see how easy it was to get duds. Not very it seems.

I'm still curious about that tractor weight though. I've seen more damage done to an ar500 plate on YouTube

 

[TMW89]

Interesting test. Those tractor weights are very dense. Aren't they like a cast iron or something?

There's really something to be said about the mosin Nagant and the ammo they shoot.

 

[semi_problomatic]

1 round isn't a test. It's not a sample... It actually has no relevant data to present. Storing rounds in water and chemicals doesn't test the reliabilty of rounds, maybe the durability...

Purposely damaging ammo and shooting it out of a rifle....well thats not the smartest thing you could do either.

 

[TheDoubleDeuce]

Not sure I really agree with tests that could be unsafe but I don't know the whole story so I'll withhold judgment. That said, a 7.62x54r steel core surplus only creates a .024 inch crater in AR500 at 50 yards, so whatever you saw on YouTube was probably not right.