Widner's Surplus 844 Powderr in 7.62x39 or 5.45x39????

[El Laton Caliente]

Anyone tried this?

[Gunreference1]

WC-844 is basically military surplus H335 and originally used in 5.56 NATO cases. I haven't tried it in anything else.

Steve

[El Laton Caliente]

Seems like it would work in 5.45x39 as the case volumn and bullet weights are similar... 7.62 might be more iffy with the heavier bullet...

[El Laton Caliente]

Found this:

Case: Winchester
Primer: CCI LR OR Winchester LR
Powder: 30.6gr. Hodgdon H335
Bullet: 123gr SP OR FMJ Hornady .310dia.
OAL: 2.19


Case: Winchester
Primer: Winchester LR
Powder: 27.0gr. Hodgdon H335
Bullet: 150gr SP .311dia. (non-cannelure)
OAL: 2.232


http://www.mordgeld.com/RR/762.shtml#Powder

[Gunreference1]

Data from the Hodgdon website for the 7.62x39mm cartridge:

125 GR. SPR SP Hodgdon H335 .311" 2.150" 30.0grs. (Starting) 2219 35,400 CUP 31.5grs. (Maximum) 2408 40,900 CUP

150 GR. HDY SP Hodgdon H335 .312" 2.220" 27.0grs. (Starting) 2055 36,000 CUP 29.0grs. (Maximum) 2132 42,500 CUP

Hope this helps!

Steve

[upnover]

where are you finding brass cases for the 5.45 to reload? all the cases in loaded ammo i have seen are steel cases, including the hornady, havent checked reloading supplies to see if you could buy brass yet but i just bought a 5.45 and i reload for everything else that i have but was thinking it wasent going to be cost effective to load the 5.45. does anyone load the 5.45?