Russian Yellow Tip Hvy Ball 7.62 x 54r

http://www.sgammo.com/product/surplus/4 ... n-fmj-ammo

1946 - 53 production.


Not seen this before Priced $69.95/440 ... anyone have experience with this Rusky HB ?

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Simo Hayha
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Stop finding this stuff I am not sure if I am going to get some no not this time

First it was free shipping from Sportsman Guide then the ammo on russian stripper clips now heavy ball.....next it will be free shipping on russian heavy ball on stripper clips.....

Kevin

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I kinda feel like I got stung on that batch of light ball on clips from 1946, accuracy wise so now I'm leary of of the same vintage.

I have been getting my 7.62 X 54 from ammoman.com and the price to your front door is a few bucks cheaper. More for the ammo but no shipping cost.

Nice, this stuff is the reason my M-39's all have "D" stamped on the barrel right?

VinnAY, Sorry to hear about your experience with the stripper-clipped light ball .. have a tin of 300 myself I have not shot so I suppose I will find out the hard way, too.

Certainly not recommending the suddenly-available-from-who-knows-where-Rusky HB, but cautious/curious about where all this old 7.62x54r is coming from ! (??)

Thanks !

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Thanks Proudfather77,

I've been wanting to try some of the Heavy Ball, have 440 on the way -

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Jim

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Thanks for posting this.

Ive been looking for some heavy ammo to try in my M44 (it keyholes with normal 148-grain light-ball stuff).

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Note on what you say about the Heavy Ball accuracy: I have a '44 M44 that I temporarily affixed an S & K mount (rear sight) on it with an inexpensive LER 3x -7x and was floored at the accuracy at 110 yards at an outdoor range with Heavy Ball (Bulgarian '55). I certainly need more practice, and HB in an M44 is truly punishing but I had no idea that that combo was truly meant to be !

Good Luck Clifford on that Rusky HB in your M44 !

Thanks, Mark

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I got it delivered to me Friday.
A wooden crate, inside are two rectangular sheet-metal sealed boxes. They look to be galvanized sheet metal , sealed edges with lead solder?
Anyways, It is definitely yellow-tip. Copper-washed steel case. Headstamp is hard to see, maybe 188 or 18B ? Also an unusual looking 'L' or 'r' character opposite the numbers on the Headstamp.
A few paper slips inside the boxes, some sort of inspector's note? One hand-written. But I can't read the language.

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Factory 188 - r code for 1952.

I bought a can as well, ammo looks great. Should've bought two.

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Jim

"Payday came and with it beer" - Kipling

How about a range report fellow's

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Shoots good out of my M44. My m44 has bullets tumble/keyhole when shooting light ball; this heavy ball ammo fixed that problem, no tumbling. Accuracy was, well, Mil-surplus like accuracy that could be as much to do with my M44 as the ammo itself. I didn't test it in my other (full length) Mosins, so I can't make a direct comparison of this Heavy ball vs the usual light ball ammo.

One drawback: I was having a serious sticky-bolt problem with this ammo. Some rounds were fine, some required moderate force to extract, some got stuck and I had to hit the bolt handle with a block of wood to open.

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