7.62x39 OACL question

[fstdraw]

Reloading bullets for 7.62x39 are a touch hard to get lately so I ordered some bullets from Graf & Sons. Advertised as "7.62x39 .310 123 gr. SPRN", these bullets are short, really short. Length is .726 comparied to .855 my normal bullet length. I usually load to 2.150 to 2.187 for total overall cartridge length. This works well in SKS, AK 47 and AR type 762's. Now I'll need to load these new bullets to 1.950 (or there abouts), pretty short. That's like an eighth of an inch. Anyone see a problem with this?

Thank you.

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[Local Loader]

If you're ok with 217gr or 240gr you can find 762x39 bullets.

 

[DLS]

They should work fine. Let us know how they end up working!

 

[fstdraw]

I loaded 50 and am going to try them today. 25.5 gr of RL7, PMC Berdan primer, Yugo brass, 123 gr SPRN. 2.050 OACL. OACL was arrived at by seating bullet into the case to the same depth as a regular 123 Spire bullet. Reasonably firm crimp via Lee FCD.

 

[fstdraw]

Tried in vain to shoot these reloads with the short bullets. Too short to feed in the AR. Would work great in a bolt gun.

 

[ORhutner]

If you're ok with 217gr or 240gr you can find 762x39 bullets.

Do you mind posting some sources for these please. I am looking to load up some sub sonic x39 and these bullets would work great.

 

[Local Loader]

Do you mind posting some sources for these please. I am looking to load up some sub sonic x39 and these bullets would work great.

It's some extra boxes that I have I that decided not to use.