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On Mon, 3 Mar 2025 12:58:14 -0500, c186282 wrote:

> On 3/3/25 2:53 AM, rbowman wrote:
>> On Mon, 3 Mar 2025 01:06:04 -0500, c186282 wrote:
>> 
>>>     Typical load was a 200gr bullet at about 620fps. It's annoying to
>>>     collectors that you can't really use the now-ubiquitous .357
>>>     bullets lest they 'rattle down the barrel'.
>> 
>> Mosin Nagants have the same problem. Most of them are happier with .311
>> or .312 rather than the ubiquitous .308.  .303 British to the rescue.
>> The Brits measure between the lands rather than the grooves so the
>> bullets are .312.
> 
> 
>    Use the .303 bullets to reload the Russian ctg or rechamber the Mosin
>    to the Brit ctg ?

I reload with .303 bullets. Prvi Partizan has boxer primer brass that I 
reload. It was an experiment on my part of what can be done with a $75 
rifle. Reloads are noticeably more accurate than surplus Bulgarian steel 
case but you don't get the great balls of fire effect. They didn't skimp 
on powder.