Light plinking loads for Mosin

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tranders

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Looking for some light plinking loads for my 91/30 Mosin.

I cast bullets for my handguns,but would rather buy cast bullets for this application. Any recommendations for cast bullet suppliers?
I have 4227,4756,H110,and Titegroup on hand.Any recomendations would be appreciated.

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Montana Bullets makes .311" to .314" cast bullets. Only 180's and 200's though. Not stupid expensive either. Roughly $25 per 100.
https://www.montanabulletworks.com/
There's 7.62 x 54R cast bullet data in my old Lyman book. 155, 173 and 213(will do for a 215) grains. The later used IMR4227(which 4227 matters too). The others are with 2400 and Unique. Lemme know if you want it.
There are a couple, unverified, cast bullet loads(one being a 155 grainer) on Reloader's Nest. Not using the powders you have now though.
And one 200 grain(not a light thing) cast load on Handloads.com
Might be an idea to rummage around on castbulletassoc.org too.
You might want to think about using one of the 123/125 grain jacketed bullets made the 7.62 x 39 for a light load.
 
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Rocky Raab had a universal 30 cal plinker of 9 grains of Unique. He said his grandkids loved them in any bottleneck 30 he had. I don't know if you intend to plink that mildly or not, but it would certainly work in the 7.62×54. With Lee's 185 grain cast bullet, QuickLOAD shows about 14,000 psi and about 1300 fps in an ideal chamber. In a real chamber that's a little loose, I would suppose it will be in the range of 1200-1250 fps, about like a hi speed 22, but with the much bigger bullet.
 
A good friend uses 9 grains of Unique with cast bullets- I think he used a Lee mold.

Trail Boss is also a great choice for plinking loads in a mosin
 
Unique is a powder I need to get. Seems like a lot of uses for it. Thanks for the info


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I like the little Lee 32 cal .314" 90 gr. tumble lube SWC in all my US and Russian 30 cal. rifles. In the 30-30 and 300 Sav. I size the bullet to .311" and use 3.5 grs. Alliant Bullseye. In the 7.62 x 39 an 54r I size the bullet to .314" as it drops at .315" I use the same load of 3.5 grs. BE in the 54r but drop back to 3.0 grs. in the X39.

All loads are around 1K fps. give or take a few fps. Very accurate in all my guns and nice little plinker small game load if needed. I started casting and shooting these around the time 22 rf. disappeared,using my free lead,cheap Wolf primer I bought by the thousands and a splash of BE there still cheaper to load than what you can find 22 ammo for.
 
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Since you mention Light plinking loads for Mosin and many good bullets have been suggested if you don't mind a powder experiment/suggestion I will suggest Hodgdon H4895. The thinking here is that H4895 can really be downloaded for some very light plinking loads.From our friends at Hodgdon:
Hodgdon Powder Company has found that H4895 can be loaded to reduced levels. H4895 was chosen because it is the slowest burning propellant that ignites uniformly in reduced charges. To create reduced loads, the 60% formula is recommended. Find the H4895 load in the Reloading Data Center for your caliber and bullet.

Take the maximum H4895 charge listed and multiply by 60% (.6). The load may be adjusted up from there to achieve the desired velocity and accuracy.

This works only where H4895 is listed. DO NOT use in a cartridge where H4895 is not shown. Example: 30-06 cartridge with 125 gr. Sierra SP bullet. Max load shown in the Reloading Data Center with H4895 is 53.7 grains. 53.7 X .6 = 32.2 grains. The shooter begins with this load, and may work up from there to obtain the desired velocity and accuracy for his reduced load.
Call Hodgdon Powder Company if additional information is needed, 913-362-9455.
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So for example TAKE AIM AT RIFLE RELOADING DATA and select your caliber, in this case 7.62 x 54R, select a bullet weight, select Hodgdon for the powder manufacturer and finally H4895 for the powder. Anyway, if you want light loads in the 7.62 x 54R loadings you can give that a try. Just something to consider.

Ron
 
If you just want a good shooting load with no real recoil but good accuracy out past 100 yds. take a look at two load by Ed Harris.

The Load: http://www.castbulletassoc.org/forum/view_topic.php?id=1387&forum_id=22

Cast Loads For Military Rifles: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?13425-Cast-Bullet-Loads-for-Military-Rifles-Article

I've shot the 16.0 grs. of Alliant 2400 Universal Load for years in my M44 & 91/30 casting my own bullets using the Lee .312" gas check 160 gr. tumble lube RN.
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