Forum: Ammunition and Reloading for Old Milsurps

Anyone have experience with the polymer coated wolf .223 in an AR 15? I hear it is supposed to be safe for these rifles, not having the lacquer that...

Hi guys, I've got 140 rounds of Turkish 8mm ammo on stripper clips. This ammo is in what looks like cotton fabric bandoleers. I've had this stuff for...

Not in the too distant past, someone had posted the correct number that corresponds to Russian Sniper ammo, does anybody recall what that was and if...

I have a box of Norma ORYX, 7,5x55 20pcs. No.17510, 180 grains soft point. Is this 7.5 Swiss ? Can I use it in a Smidt Rubin K 31? Thanks Pete

I have started shooting cast bullets out my nagant sniper with poor results. About 6"groups at 100 meters. Load consists of 210 gr.lyman gas checked...

A Swedish poster, dated 1947 (Edition 42), in mint shape. A real prize for a Swede collector like me, especially with interest in the 8x63mm Swedish...

i have a 1895 Winchester lever action in 7.62x54R, and am wonderinf there is anysafe factory load i can use in it. i know the surplus stuff is out of...

i pikced up a bubba'd 1889 for $30 and found a box of norma ammo and some dies at work for an equally low price. i know the norma stuff is waaaay too...

Can anybody help these folks. They need 40's .303 lead and tracers. Guy named Dark Alley Dan on CGN Exchange of Ammo & Reloading is restoring a...

I'd like to hear what loads people have cooked up for their M1's. I'm using 46.5 grains of IMR 4895 with 155 Matchkings and A-max. I've been trying...

I have some loaded cartridges in 6.5x55 but they have wooden bullets any info or history on these I was told they were WW2 practice rounds

Does anyone out there know where I can find components for 11x60R Mauser? Runing out of Grandpa's old stockpile and my Mauser I.G 1870 is begging to...

Well I took the hit and got some 455 brass. Everyone and there mom says Lee dies are the way to go, I am a RCBS man myself but I do not cast bullets...

I have two Enfield 7.62 conversion rifles. I do not want to hurt them. Is there a brand of 7.62 ammo now available in Canada or reloads available...

I just got a case of south African ball ammo 7.62 X 51 for some project work. I've built several dozen Mauser action guns using the Parker Hale...

Just picked up one of these goofy things. Anybody help me out with reloading this cartridge? What dies work, Hope to use cast bullets so what would...

Well I've joined the cult- I now have all the parts to build a semi auto M14 with all USGI parts on a chinese reciever. No comments please, It's as...

I wonder if anyone here has picked up the 8mm ammo from marstar for reloading components. I believe the bullets are 218 grain. The price is right but...

Looking for a source to duplicate a 8mm load for a yugo mauser was wondering just weight these rifles want to shoot, as the loads I have found are...