7.62x54R Heavy Ball

[Slater]

Picked this up the other day. After some research, the date of manufacture turns out to be 1952. Is there any concern about shooting this 182-grain stuff in a Mosin-Nagant?

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[Stevo]

No safety concerns, but your shoulder may disagree.

It does kick more.

[Gun Surfer]

I've been shooting Bulgarian brass cased heavy ball from 1955 in my M39 Finn Mosin for several years, great ammo, pretty accurate. (Don't shoot it in a Romanian or other semiauto PSL rifle.)