7.62x54r Steel cases for the 8x56R

travis3

February 18, 2013 14:52

Can I load the Russian 7.62x54r Steel cases and maybe get a couple of firings from my 8x56r Steyr? Will the cases fire form?

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  jonk

  February 18, 2013 15:52

  While 7.62X54R can be fireformed to 8X56R (or just neck expanded and fired as it headspaces on the rim) and works fine, albeit a tad short in the neck, there are 3 things wrong with this.
  
  1. Berdan primed cases.
  2. Steel cases are hard to extract, and on a straight pull that would be some bad juju.
  3. Steel isn't as ductile and is liable to crack on the first firing.
  
  Grafs has the proper brass. In stock, too.

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