I was just over at a fellow "enthusiast's" place and saw something interesting.

A box of 144gn, .311" diameter flat-based FMJ bullets.

The story is quite intriguing.

The raw material is the standard Oz 144gn, BTFMJ (ball projectile) for the 7.62 x 51 as loaded into L2A2 and F4 ammo by the Footscray factory.

These particular bullets have been run through dies that bump the boat-tail back out square and also push out the diameter to .311. I suspect that you would need something a little more robust than, say, the old Lyman "portable" press.........something equipped with a 3" hydraulic ram sounds about right.

He has had these bullets for several years and understands that the bloke who made them has gone to the big loading bench in the sky (or somewhere).

So, apparently, you CAN reform boat-tails into flat-bases AND increase the diameter a few thou.

I reckon Mr. Corbin might have the very tools to do the job, though, by the time you spend that much dough, unless you got the 7.62 bullets FREE, you may as well be making Mk7 projectiles from scratch.

Barnaul Cartridges list a 174gn, .311" FBFMJ in their on-line cattle-dog; anyone ever seen one!
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