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Certainly report back if you find some at Glenn’s. I’m curious. Good luck.
Certainly report back if you find some at Glenn’s. I’m curious. Good luck.
He had one of those W surplus powders when I was there black friday weekend. Not sure how active he is on email though, you're better off calling.
I have not seen much in surplus powders lately.
I have come to like the w844
What are you using w860 for?
He had one of those W surplus powders when I was there black friday weekend. Not sure how active he is on email though, you're better off calling.
Hey Mac,
I'm planning to reload 6.5 Swede wooden blanks. No need for high velocity, I mostly just want to enjoy cheap milsurp shooting. I was thinking any of the slow Ws would work for that application and be cheaper than canister powder.
Thanks,
Steve
Certainly report back if you find some at Glenn’s. I’m curious. Good luck.
Hey,
Glenn answered my email and said that the person he sourced his surplus powder from passed away and that he sold out of his inventory at a gun show in Maine. He said that he's looking for a new source. Hopefully he finds one!
Steve
Hey guys,
I'm looking for somewhere to buy some bulk surplus WC860 locally to avoid having to pay the ridiculous shipping and hazmat. Does anybody have a source? Does it show up at gun shows?
Thanks,
Steve
W844 is my favorite all though a bit dirty. I wish I bought more as when it surfaces now its $125/8lbs vs the $55 just a few years ago. Pulled bullets are no longer a good deal unless you finding some high end pulls like barnes.Tag for interest. I've used lots of pulldown and surplus powder to good effect.
I honesty as cheap as I can be don't get why you would want to load wood bullets.
Anyway Must be a very light charge and maybe use something like trail boss?
I almost bought a case of those from Samco when I was thinking of getting into the sweed rifles.
I was going to pull the bullets and just use the primed brass. Samco went under before I made a move.
I have no idea what charge weight you would need but even something like red dot will give you 5k plus loads with 8lbs.
I'm also curious where did you buy just the bullets.
I figure you must be running a extreme light load.
I honesty as cheap as I can be don't get why you would want to load wood bullets. Anyway
Must be a very light charge and maybe use something like trail boss?
I almost bought a case of those from Samco when I was thinking of getting into the sweed rifles. I was going to pull the bullets and just use the primed brass. Samco went under before I made a move.
I have no idea what charge weight you would need but even something like red dot will give you 5k plus loads with 8lbs.
I'm also curious where did you buy just the bullets.
I suspect that he would also be pulling the bullets or firing them off to get the empty brass (assuming he has a supply of LRBs).
Those bullets won't print on paper from 10 yards, as I recall. I think I was almost able to get a splinter to hit paper at ten yards and beyond. I know there's a video with these somewhere...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFSebyY0WDs
Don't waste your time trying to target shoot with these at typical rifle ranges.
Perhaps an oak, teak or mahogany bullet would stay together for a bit. Don't know what the Japs used for wood, but I heard they used wood bullets to cause terrible wounds on flesh...can't say for certain.
Once you get these, reload them and fire them off, hold onto them, unless you think the berdan primers will never be available again in the US. The KV-7,62N are what you'll want. You might find them in PMC packaging as LRB's, too. (I doubt that PMC still carries them currently.)
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I've seen hydraulic decapping for berdan primers and it actually doesn't look that bad.
I've switched from searching for WC860 to WC872. The WC872 is slightly cheaper and slightly slower. I will get less velocity but will also be even further (albeit slightly) from the pressure design specs of these rifles and should have low throat and bore erosion.