I am beginning to reload for many of my rifles and the Psl is by far one I feel will benefit the most. I have shot some of Winchesters ammo strictly for the brass and has done average and then some I have shot the 180gr soft point I believe...and I have had serious pressure problems. Such as primers bulging and excess gas pressure blow out from the bolt and even had primer fragment get blown into my bolt assembly which disabled my firing pin. I am thinking about emailing Orkin about the problem. Heard this problem in other forums how bout ya'll? Back to what the subject was designed for. Looking for people to post there load recipes and as many variables as possible to help all. Example...trim lengths, overal length, outside temperatur, bore size...and whatever else. Also, it looks like there is a tremendous amount of free bore in psl's...

Thanks

Lapua brass trim to 2.105" 150 gr. sierra prohunter (.311) I use CCI #34 primers (Rem. 9 1/2 also works well if you cant find the CCI). 46 gr. of H4895 (Ive had alot of success with IMR4895 also). 2.895 C.O.A.L. I then put a slight crimp on it using a lee factory crimp die(not much just enough to keep the bullet from drifting while its being chambered).

Ak47junky, Did you slug your barrel or did you just decide to try with the 311...what kind of groupings do you get out of this load..thanks for the advice.

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Originally Posted by Chris19210
Ak47junky, Did you slug your barrel or did you just decide to try with the 311...what kind of groupings do you get out of this load..thanks for the advice.

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In deed it does, have you done much long range shooting with that bullet. I wish some of the bullet makers would introduce some new .310-.311 bullets it seems theres not much of a variety.

+1 on the notion of manufacturers making a wider variety of .311 bullets. Sierra matchkings or nosler ballistic tips would be very nice or any high quality .311 dia. 150 gr. boattail bullet. As a matter of fact the lack of bullet selection prompted me to purchase a yugo M76 which I am currently working on a choice handload for because there is a much larger selection .323 bullets. But about the 54R long range shooting I can consistantly hit a 5" paddle @ 300 yds and can hit a gong @ 500 pretty consistantly also but I really haven't had a chance to see exactly how well it will group at longer ranges because I am from oklahoma where it is very dambed windy most of the time.

I, too am beginning to work up a load for the PSL. I found .311 diameter 150gr FMJ-BT bullets on gunbroker for ~$20/100, made by Privi Partizan in Serbia. Bullets have weighed fairly consistently, within +- 2-3 grains, with most of them being 151 grains, as measured on my Lyman 505.

Haven't worked out the powder weights yet, but will be using RL15 and Winchester WLR primers.

The cases from PPU needed to be trimmed for consistent length, and I ended up discarding some that were too short. Primed, sized brass weighed on average 155 grains, which is 15 grains lighter than the Winchester brass that I have.

Will keep you updated as this load progresses.

wolf gold brass; h414 powder 308 168gr- h4895 or vn150 powder 308 bullets 150gr fmj .

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I get groups less than 1"@ 100 yds my best 3 shot group was 5/8 but I always let my barrel completely cool between shots that is key because the barrel is so thin,it heats up quick and cools down quick.

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Originally Posted by Project Appleseed
I, too am beginning to work up a load for the PSL. I found .311 diameter 150gr FMJ-BT bullets on gunbroker for ~$20/100, made by Privi Partizan in Serbia. Bullets have weighed fairly consistently, within +- 2-3 grains, with most of them being 151 grains, as measured on my Lyman 505.

Haven't worked out the powder weights yet, but will be using RL15 and Winchester WLR primers.

The cases from PPU needed to be trimmed for consistent length, and I ended up discarding some that were too short. Primed, sized brass weighed on average 155 grains, which is 15 grains lighter than the Winchester brass that I have.

Will keep you updated as this load progresses.

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WLR primers are indeed good primers but be careful because the PSL (much like most AK based rifles) has a free floating firing pin so basically what this means is every time the bolt slammes closed the firing pin strikes the primer. You can actually fire a round then jack out the one your rifle just chambered and there will be a dent on the primer. For this reason I recommend using the CCI#34 primers(millitary grade primers).

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I've heard many people say the same thing about the ar-15, the m-14 and the m1 garand. I have a allot of trouble believing the firing pin in the ak would cause a slam fire, mainly because it's pretty light. I've run normal cci primers in my ar's for years with zero problems.

That being said, would however stay away from federal or bench rest primers, and I know for a fact that sks's can cause slam fires with normal primers. (I've had it happen). I also run cci mil primers in my m14 and m1-grand, because I've seen pictures of a kaboom caused by a slam fire. The primers being used were the benchrest type.

Has anyone here actually had a slam fire with an ak?

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Originally Posted by Chris19210
I am beginning to reload for many of my rifles and the Psl is by far one I feel will benefit the most. I have shot some of Winchesters ammo strictly for the brass and has done average Back to what the subject was designed for. Looking for people to post there load recipes and as many variables as possible to help all. Example...trim lengths, overal length, outside temperatur, bore size...and whatever else. Also, it looks like there is a tremendous amount of free bore in psl's...

Thanks

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