312 in diameter, but I lubed them and ran them thru a Lee lead bullet sizer measuring. It does work in a pinch, though.īack when bullets were harder to find, I used a lot of Hornady's little 85gr JHP made for the. 223 for case forming, as the case head is a little too small. It's a bit thicker walled, so I reduce charges just a bit. I've also formed brass from some 9mm Magnum that I found at a gun show. Appropriate bullets and brass are now pretty available.30Mauser brass is acceptable. I've been loading this neat little cartridge for about 12 years. Remember, old gun = old springs = old parts = stay away from max loads if you want it to feed right I had less luch with lead bullets, they always wanted to shave lead when loading, or required too much bell.etc.
I liked the 100gr short jackets because they fed well and were easy to load. 223 die, then form case with the conversion die, use a lee trimmer to get to final length. I used a dremel with a cutter bit chucked up like a drill press, then put my brass in a loading block and slid them along. Get the Harbor freight cutter to trim the brass to rough length. Some of the first reloading I ever did was for a 7.62x25. I am also reading that many are using 110gr carbine bullets, but I don't see any reloading data in any of my data books. Graf and Sons carries all those bullets as well as Starline brass if you don't have your own brass or want to do the conversion.Ĭool-thanks for the good info. I also cast bullets for him to fire in his CZ. 223 brass by cutting it down to proper length and reforming the neck and shoulder in the Lee 7.62 x 25 FL sizing die and turning the neck down to the proper dia. My brother reloads for his and makes his own brass for once fire. Prvi Partizan / Wolf Gold same ammo different box and S & B / Winchester same ammo different box are available commercially there boxer primed and non corrosive and reloadable where the surplus is berdan primed and corrosive. box now it's about $18 for the Polish which is in limited supply. Surplus X25 ammo prices have skyrocketed,my brother used to buy the Yugo and Polish surplus for $6 to $8 per 70 rd. The Czechoslovakians were the last country to use that caliber as there service weapon and changed over in 1982.
Surplus ammo for the 7.62 x 25 is surely going the way of 303 British surplus ammo there aren't any countries that still use the X25 as a service caliber so mass produced ammo isn't made anymore.
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