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    Reloading for the bren gun

    Has anyone developed a load for a bren gun? I'm just beginning to reload and I have several hundred Prvi cases to reload but I'm not sure what powder would be appropriate. Also, I will be using 174gr fmj bullets pulled from POFicon ammo and some pulled 154gr tracer bullets. Thanks for any info.
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    using sierra match king, 174 gr, I used 38 gr IMR 4064 or IMR 4895.

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    Thank you. The bren functioned great using 38 gr of IMR 4895 behind the 174 gr bullets. Now to try to figure out a safe load for 154 gr tracers that'll cycle the bren.

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