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5.45x39
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Anyone making boxer primed brass cases so you can reload it?
Or anyone making the odd size .221" bullets it uses?
rc
Or anyone making the odd size .221" bullets it uses?
rc
I played around with it a few years ago. Looking back through some notes, used some RWS 5.45x39 for a baseline. It was pushing a 58 grain bullet at 2936 fps, with 20.1 grains of a flattened spherical powder. For brass, .222 Remington was used. It was trimmed and sized to 1.555" . Took a good bit of cutting if I remember correctly. Bullets were re-sized .224 down to .221 with a Lee sizer. Case size seemed to fall between .221 Fire Ball, and .222 Remington. Used H335 powder at 22 -23 grains. Best accuracy was around 22.5 grains and 2907 fps. Cases did not last long, maybe 3 loadings, as their base is more narrow than factory 5.45 . This was shot in a bolt action rifle. Lot of work,for little gain. Hornaday is loading some 5.45 now, it is a good option.
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