Reloading 7.62 for a CETME

bama55

July 18, 2009 19:45

I have a lot of mil. 7.62x51 brass, some match most MG. The only .308 dies I have were used to load for my brother's BLR which needed small base sizing. I am going to load some for a CETME. Do I need to change sizers?

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  Mobuck

  July 19, 2009 04:10

  I would not expect a problem with the smallbase die. If your CETME has a fluted chamber the brass may be trashed. I think the loads for this type rifle should be kept below the normal 308 Win. levels. The original 7.62 CETME was a lighter load but I've seen material that showed the rifles were ok with 7.62x51 Nato spec ammo.

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  armilite

  July 19, 2009 13:37

  If your using small base dies don't use them in a turret press. I had this problem years ago. I was using a Lyman turret press and small base dies. They still didn't feed well and the people from Lyman told me that because the press actually flexes that the small base dies are pretty useless in them.

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  bama55

  July 19, 2009 23:07

  Thanks guys. I'll probably run them through the sizer in my Rock Chucker.

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