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And note section 11 (if you don't keep a spare extractor handy) -
"Lube the magazine with # 042 lubricant. Cartridges and action should be lubed when loading the rifle.
During longer firing pauses the chamber should be cleaned with the tool and lubed with # 042 lubricant."
[#042 Lubricant is a high-grade oil of medium-light viscosity.]
We are using Privi factory as the cases are excellent for reloading and the factory ammo (139 gr bullet) is ranging between 2447 and 2470 fps out of a Swedish 96.
Reloading the Privi cases we have found that 43 grains of H4831SC is giving a average of 2412 fps with 2402 low and 2433 high, the bullet is a 140gr Hornady AMAX. There absolutely no signs of pressure however this is in our gun and always start low and work up carefully.
the PPU 6.5X55 Swedish is really good ammo. when I bouht my 1943 M38 Husqvarna I bought 1 box of 20 harnady for $38 (almost $2 each.) I now have lee dies for it as I also now have a 1917 Carl Gustaf M96.
practice rounds (wood bullets ) can have wood pulled ,powder dumped and new powder loaded and a 140 gr bullet put in while still keeping wood bullet primer. that would work out to $.33 or $.34 each round.
unfortunately Swedish practice bullets are berden primed instead of boxer primed.
graf and sons sells new PPU casings and bullets so you can also go that way.
the reason I paid excess for a box of cartriges when I bought the M38 was to have at minimum 20 rounds as a gun with no ammo is a club.
I wanted to order from samco, however I live in canada. Samco wont ship over the border so that means I have to go through an importer. Ive gone through all the research, looks like its perfectly legal for me to get 5000 rounds from the US to Can. The issue lies in finding either an import service that wont charge an arm and a leg, or for someone to order it and send it to me(dont know any americans).
The American who is exporting it must have a export licence. It isn't Canada that requires it, it is the States as part of there ITAR. I believe Graf and Sons are able and willing to export to Canada but I have never dealt with them before
With as with most full power semi-auto rifles its going to cost you a dollar a round (minimum). It is recommended to reload for the AG-42b as there isn't a gas adjustment system so you need to find the sweet spot and load for there. It is also recommended to reload as that will keep the costs down. The only military surplus semi-auto available in Canada at the moment that I am aware of that isn't going to cost a dollar a round is the SVT-40. The good news is you have a AG-42b the bad news is no matter what you do (unless you luck into someone who has a old crate of surplus for sale) it is going to cost a dollar a round for remanufactured ammo.
Looking for 6.5x55 Swedish brass. Especially IGMAN. It's the stuff that is a pain in the *** to reload. You will know it when your decapping pin breaks multiple times as you scratch your head. Flash hole is too small and has to be drilled out and the primer pocket is also too small to accept new primers. If you have this, I can convert it and bring it back to life for reloading. Will buy on the cheap please don't scrap it. Thank you
Help with your Igman brass may be at hand.
Use a LEE hand-held de-capping pin and a suitable mallet or the RCBS Lachmiller Berdan decapper to remove the fired primers.
Then clean out the flash hole with a suitably-sized drill bit. Chamfering the bored-out flash-hole is a nice touch as well.
Final "clean-up": use the Dillon primer pocket "de-crimper" tool to remove the remains of any primer crimp, nicely radius the entry to the pocket and to smooth the pocket sides. The Dillon tool is another gadget that will make you wonder at the dramas you've been struggling with for years.
I got a second "large rifle" pocket "swager" and used a carbide centre-drill bit in my lathe to bore a clearance hole for Berdan anvils.
There are several other gizmos on the market; ask around any hard-core reloaders you know.
A Canadian source is here... local only.. ;)
For Sale: Swedish 6.5mm x 55mm Ammunition (1,823 rounds)
Regards,
Doug