Reloading Swiss ammo?

[srv656s]

My roommate and I are trying to get into reloading Swiss 7.5 ammo. I heard that .308 bullets would work and that .284 brass would work. My roommate told me that the .284 might be too small or something according to some charts he looked at. Does anyone here reload this ammo?

He got some bullets to use, and we are currently trying to find some brass. Does anyone know who has good prices on .284 brass or 7.5 Swiss brass?

Thanks

Shawn

[Skip]

The first thing I recommend is that you buy a reloading book. Your friend is correct the 7.5 uses .308 bullets. I recommend that you slug your rifle to make sure it accepts .308 bullets. Enjoy.

[srv656s]

Originally posted by Skip
The first thing I recommend is that you buy a reloading book. Your friend is correct the 7.5 uses .308 bullets. I recommend that you slug your rifle to make sure it accepts .308 bullets. Enjoy.

Reloading book?

Where would I get one of those? What is "slugging" a rifle?

I'm sorry I'm so dumb :( I dont' actually have a way of reloading the bullets, but my roommate's dad has the dies and everything for it. We just need to right brass and stuff.

Thanks

Shawn

[Skip]

Young man you have fallen into a trap. That will teach you to buy those odd inexpensive rifles. Now you are thinking about reloading because the ammo isn't cheap. Widener's has Norma brass for 50@$37.:eek: When my eye fancies a new rifle the first thing I do is see how plentiful ammo is and the cost of reloading start-up costs. On the bright side. Your not alone. :rolleyes: My Sierra reloading book states there are some differences in bore diameter and recommend that the bore be slugged.

[srv656s]

Originally posted by Skip
Young man you have fallen into a trap. That will teach you to buy those odd inexpensive rifles. Now you are thinking about reloading because the ammo isn't cheap. Widener's has Norma brass for 50@$37.:eek: When my eye fancies a new rifle the first thing I do is see how plentiful ammo is and the cost of reloading start-up costs. On the bright side. Your not alone. :rolleyes: My Sierra reloading book states there are some differences in bore diameter and recommend that the bore be slugged.

I knew the ammo would not be easy to come by, but the rifle was too sweet to pass up. I currently have 2 of these rifles, and my roommate has one. I have stockpiled around 1400-1500 rounds of GP-11 7.5 Swiss ammo which is a decent stash for a bolt gun, however my roommate and I were wanting to try and get some hunting ammo. He already bought a bunch of .308 bullets with ballistic tips, but the brass is difficult to find.

Thanks for the help.

Shawn

[JA]

The cost effective(cheap) way to obtain hunting ammo is to pull the bullets from some of the ammo you already have. Then seat soft point bullets of the same weight in the cases. I have done this for the last 15 years for myself and friends with 7.62x39mm ammo for deer hunting.
If you don't have bullets of the same weight then you will need to dump the powder and reload using different powder.
http://w3.one.net/~melchar/75swiss/index.html

[billyboy]

buffalo arms has got reformed 284---necksize only aftr 1st firing

for 1911,k-31--.308 bullets work fine
not the 1889/1911 or earlier, i dont know about them
i have 1911k circa 1924 and
i have k-31 circa 1942 and have no problems

look in the hornady manual for 7.5 x 55