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from hodgdon's # 26 manual in a long barreled 96 action and with no specified bullet, 120's start 39.0(2792fps) h4895, max 41.0(2945fps) h4895 and 140's start 35.0(2540fps) and max 38.0(2701fps) Best o Luck

Generally swede ammo is berdan primed and is non corrosive. The headstamp 070 was a code for noma brass made in 1976 for the 6.5X55 ammo(pryke) that I have. That seems like good pistol brass. It could be a lesser quality also, but I doubt it. Way too much work to pull down

BRatigan, do you have, or is/was there a1957 Norma pricing for 20 rounds of 7.62Russian? I got a 1966 price of $5.35 for Norma 7.62Russian 20 round box of ammo. 30'06, 308 and 30/30 ammo was 70 cents higher($5)from your 1957 prices of $4.30 a box. GoodShooting

1957 Sears mail order 100 rounds 7.62Russian $3.00

gwpercle,I here you. Info was hard to find for this kid of the fifties and sixties. My first thirty caliber was Russian. Second was a garand. Third was a thirty caliber Swiss. I've been a K11 newbie since 1969. Yea any 30 caliber will work. Be safe. Work up. A chrono is helpful

It took a while to get this from my lost info stack and it also took awhile(3 yrs) to get responses from the Swiss Embassy in 1992. Anybody measuring their bullet diameters with calipers or mics? If every one is safe and working up you can use just about any bullet diameter. And the same for...

.3085" US mil 173gr .3085" Sierra 150 sp .3085" Rem 165 sp .308" Horn 150 rn There's the first four I pulled off the shelf. so 3 out of 4 are .3085" BestAll

most "308" projectiles are close to .3085" in diameter. I'll try to find my letter from WFBern about recommending .3085" projectiles in the 7.5 swiss rifles as the correct bullet diameter. I've shown it more than once at SwissRifles.com in past postings.Best

Gert, I don't think you are measuring a pulled bullet. Anybody measuring .306" is measuring outside of the gp11 brass case. The largest diameter of the bullet is inside of the case. Most find .3075" bullet diameters for gp11. And the Swiss do recommend using .3085" diameter bullets for...

You may make your own AP for yourself. You just can't sell, manufacture, or trade AP without the required paperwork. BestAll

Check out recipes at SwissRifles.com , Look for Pierre's load lists, everyone is working up right, your favorite 308 loads should work wellBestAll

another nod for lehigh extreme defense

If you just got to use the cases over again, well then .217 berdan pockets can be tightened up enough so that regular ,210 boxer fit nicely in Swede or Swiss cases or other hard to find berdan ammo. Tightening up boxers should be a cake walk. BestAll