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123 Gr. Soft Points
I spent about a day working on a load for my YUGO SKS. Using Winchester cases,trimmed to length with the Lee case length guage & cutter, CCI #34 Mil-Spec primers, AA1680 powder and the Hornady 123Gr. SP seated & crimped right on the cannalure. There is nothing special about this load,It just simply shoots. I think most SKS's in good working order and a good bore would do this with the correct load. The Mil-Surplus ammo just doesn't bring out the best in these rifles.
Components Used
I bought my supplies from these suppliers mainly the powder & primers because my local shop doesn't carry Accurate powders, but you may be able to purchase them at your local reloading supplier and save yourself the $20 Hazmat fees
Test Targets
Dies Lee Pacesetter 3 die set w/factory crimp die. http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=740806&t=11082005
Brass Winchester
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=449419&t=11082005
Primers CCI #34 Mil Spec 7.62 mm bought in 1K lots
http://www.powdervalleyinc.com/index.html
Powder Accurate 1680
http://www.powdervalleyinc.com/index.html
Bullet Hornady 123 Gr. SP
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=347013&t=11082005
Small diameter front sight post click on the accessories tab on the left side of web page.
http://www.tech-sights.com/
150 Gr. Soft Points
Ok got out this morning and did a little testing with my 150 Gr. SP loads. I feel like this load will shoot allot better I'm using iron sights and my eye sight of late isn't what it used to be definitely need a new pair of glasses for my shooting to improve . My sights are set 1" high at 50 Yds. The load functioned perfectly ejecting the spend brass about 15 ft. from my table. I had one slight flyer on each group or they would have been a bit tighter,but I'm happy with the results for a short range heavy bullet load. Max load in the LEE manual is 24.8 Gr. of Reloader #7 My load was 24.0 Grs. even. I saw no pressure signs on the primer with either combination used,according to the load data the MV is a little over 2100 fps. I used the load data from the newest LEE reloading manual. The rounds seem to equal the feel of Golden Tiger they definitely have a little punch to them. These 150 Gr. SP loads are my first test runs I still have a little tweaking to do yet. The Speer bullet seem to have the advantage.
Prvi Partizan 150 Gr. .311 BT SP
Speer 150 Gr. .311 FB SP The black squares are 1/2"
It's was allot harder to put that post together than it was to do the reloading and testing,if there is any other info I can pass along or something I have left out that might be of help I haven't thought about, please post a question. I have linked to two PDF files with the ballistics date I printed out for the Hornady 123 Gr. & Speer 150 Gr. SP loads.
123 Gr. SP
http://www.mediafire.com/?aaj02juxzth
150 Gr. SP
http://www.mediafire.com/?4jjevuoyyc3
I use the TechSight front post on my YUGO only. The rear sight on my YUGO works just fine with the smaller dia. pin its about 1/2 the size of the original factory pin. You will need to spread the bottom of the new pin slightly so you get a good tight fit I also put a drop of blue thread locker on mine.
The rounds are crimped but its hard to tell from the pic I used the LEE factory crimp die that came with my die set. The .310 dia 123 Gr.bullet crimp shows up more because of the cannelure, however the .311 dia 150 Gr. Speer bullet does not have a cannelure and is crimped on the same setting but has the extra 0.001 to help hold it in place. The LEE factory crimp die will not crush the case like the regular roll crimp will if you apply to much crimp, it just compresses the neck at the point of contact and makes it own cannelure on bullets that do not have one.
I have been asked why I shot the test at 50 yds. instead of the standard 100 I shot it in my back yard all my shooting fields around me were full of corn at the time and it's about an hour and a half to the closest public range. Also my eye sight has gotten worse over the past six months time for glasses upgrade. I can't really see a small bullseye at 100 Yds. right now very clearly and keep a good focus point,thats about the size of it. I plan on redoing the test at 100,200 and maybe out to 300 Yds. when I get my eyes fixed up.
My 1970 YUGO
I spent about a day working on a load for my YUGO SKS. Using Winchester cases,trimmed to length with the Lee case length guage & cutter, CCI #34 Mil-Spec primers, AA1680 powder and the Hornady 123Gr. SP seated & crimped right on the cannalure. There is nothing special about this load,It just simply shoots. I think most SKS's in good working order and a good bore would do this with the correct load. The Mil-Surplus ammo just doesn't bring out the best in these rifles.
Components Used
I bought my supplies from these suppliers mainly the powder & primers because my local shop doesn't carry Accurate powders, but you may be able to purchase them at your local reloading supplier and save yourself the $20 Hazmat fees
Test Targets
Dies Lee Pacesetter 3 die set w/factory crimp die. http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=740806&t=11082005
Brass Winchester
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=449419&t=11082005
Primers CCI #34 Mil Spec 7.62 mm bought in 1K lots
http://www.powdervalleyinc.com/index.html
Powder Accurate 1680
http://www.powdervalleyinc.com/index.html
Bullet Hornady 123 Gr. SP
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=347013&t=11082005
Small diameter front sight post click on the accessories tab on the left side of web page.
http://www.tech-sights.com/
150 Gr. Soft Points
Ok got out this morning and did a little testing with my 150 Gr. SP loads. I feel like this load will shoot allot better I'm using iron sights and my eye sight of late isn't what it used to be definitely need a new pair of glasses for my shooting to improve . My sights are set 1" high at 50 Yds. The load functioned perfectly ejecting the spend brass about 15 ft. from my table. I had one slight flyer on each group or they would have been a bit tighter,but I'm happy with the results for a short range heavy bullet load. Max load in the LEE manual is 24.8 Gr. of Reloader #7 My load was 24.0 Grs. even. I saw no pressure signs on the primer with either combination used,according to the load data the MV is a little over 2100 fps. I used the load data from the newest LEE reloading manual. The rounds seem to equal the feel of Golden Tiger they definitely have a little punch to them. These 150 Gr. SP loads are my first test runs I still have a little tweaking to do yet. The Speer bullet seem to have the advantage.
Prvi Partizan 150 Gr. .311 BT SP
Speer 150 Gr. .311 FB SP The black squares are 1/2"
It's was allot harder to put that post together than it was to do the reloading and testing,if there is any other info I can pass along or something I have left out that might be of help I haven't thought about, please post a question. I have linked to two PDF files with the ballistics date I printed out for the Hornady 123 Gr. & Speer 150 Gr. SP loads.
123 Gr. SP
http://www.mediafire.com/?aaj02juxzth
150 Gr. SP
http://www.mediafire.com/?4jjevuoyyc3
I use the TechSight front post on my YUGO only. The rear sight on my YUGO works just fine with the smaller dia. pin its about 1/2 the size of the original factory pin. You will need to spread the bottom of the new pin slightly so you get a good tight fit I also put a drop of blue thread locker on mine.
The rounds are crimped but its hard to tell from the pic I used the LEE factory crimp die that came with my die set. The .310 dia 123 Gr.bullet crimp shows up more because of the cannelure, however the .311 dia 150 Gr. Speer bullet does not have a cannelure and is crimped on the same setting but has the extra 0.001 to help hold it in place. The LEE factory crimp die will not crush the case like the regular roll crimp will if you apply to much crimp, it just compresses the neck at the point of contact and makes it own cannelure on bullets that do not have one.
I have been asked why I shot the test at 50 yds. instead of the standard 100 I shot it in my back yard all my shooting fields around me were full of corn at the time and it's about an hour and a half to the closest public range. Also my eye sight has gotten worse over the past six months time for glasses upgrade. I can't really see a small bullseye at 100 Yds. right now very clearly and keep a good focus point,thats about the size of it. I plan on redoing the test at 100,200 and maybe out to 300 Yds. when I get my eyes fixed up.
My 1970 YUGO
