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01-04-2002, 06:50 AM

http://www.grafs.com/
had a ad in Shooting Times magazine for a new Hornady bullet 7.62x39mm 123gr V-max .310" with canalure. Sounds like just the ticket for y'all coyote/groundhog hunters.
Item # HRN3142C.
Got a couple of boxes on order and will update this post when I get them.

High Tower

01-04-2002, 11:10 AM

Yeah, I'm curious as to how it feeds in an AK without getting the tip damaged. You ever hear of a reloader loading up some ballistic tips in 7.62x39. That bullet feeds well in an M1A and should do the same in an AK.

01-14-2002, 05:31 AM

http://album.gunsnet.net/data/ja545/full_177_p816.jpg
Here is a pic of them. I pulled the bullet from some Uly fmj and seated the Hornady V-max bullet. Real point-ey looking Huh!
I will load up some by pulling the bullets on some more Uly ammo. Then weigh the powder in 5 of them,take the averege and load the Horady bullets. Then a fellow AK-47.net member and myself will shoot them in our MAK-91 National Match rifles. Will report back as soon as the weather coperates.

High Tower

01-15-2002, 12:15 AM

Yeah, I'm real curious now. keep us posted.

Poodleshooter

01-15-2002, 11:52 AM

Using AA1680??

01-15-2002, 10:16 PM

Having pulled the bullets from 10rds of several brands of Russian ammo I found the powder charges to vary by 1.8 grains. I will do this on the ammo I am going to pull the bullets from to load the Hornady bullets into the cases. I will weigh the powder charge from 10 and get a average. Then dump all the powder in my measure and charge the cases then seat the Hornady bullets. I can't see wasting the powder from the Russian ammo and using AA1680.

TacticalSquirrel

02-19-2002, 06:29 PM

Those bullets aren't in the 2002 Hornady catalog...Only .310's are the FMJ and SP bullets. Highest VMax is a .308 110 grain...

Poodleshooter

02-27-2002, 11:17 AM

One thing with using the orginal powder in Wolf or Barnaul-you have to crimp the shit out of the ammo to get the velocity that the normal factory ammo does. When I swap bullets, and use no crimp, I lose about 100-200fps from the factory load.

02-28-2002, 07:52 PM

TS,
The flyer I got from them sez "Exclusively from Graf & Sons!!". So they must have contracted with Hornady to produce this bullet just for them only.

PS,
I always crimp bullets for use in a semi auto rifle or pistol. Been there and seen the flatened primers from too much pressure of uncrimped bullets being pushed into the case during feeding.