7.62x54 hunting ammo

hey wolf. yore best bet is to find relodable brass, and load them up how he wants them.
trying to find hunting rounds in that cal. ? I don't know, I have never seen them. But then again i have never looked for them.

 

Cabelas sells the S&B Brand 7,62x54R with a 180 gr soft point for $22 for a 20 round box. Next to reloading that should at least be a bit better than using the old surplus FMJ? The price is not unreasonable either.

 

The S&B brass is good too. Good hunting handload is 45 gr VARGET and a 180 gr sierra gameking. .311" dia of course.

 

Look for the Privi partsan ammo, nice accuracy and reloadable brass.

 

You did'nt mention what rifle....I've slugged my Moisins and found .310-.314,I load .311s in mine with no problems.

 

I suspect the OP has a Mosin Nagant of some variety or another - I have a 91/30 myself and while it IS a fun beastie to shoot, especially with low cost milsurp ammo, I can't say that I'd want to have to schlepp that rather long wood covered anvil over the river and through the woods for hunting. lol

THere are too many low cost Savage hunting rifles out there, new and used.

 

per the Wiki articles, the following are rifles that have been chambered in 7.62x54R - not shown are all the models of machine gun that used the round.

Rifles
The various Mosin-Nagant bolt-action rifles including the sawn-off "Obrez" pistol.
The American Winchester Model 1895. Approximately 300,000 made for the Russian army in 1915-16.
AVB-7.62
AVS-36
Dragunov sniper rifle (including Chinese NDM-86 variant)
JS 7.62
SVT-38 and SVT-40
PSL sniper rifle
M91
Berkut-2M1
IZH-18MH
SV-98 (Snaiperskaya Vintovka Model 1998)
Alejandro Sniper Rifle

It is most probable that your dad has one the Mosin-Nagants. There is NOTHING wrong with them either of course, it is plenty accurate enough for most common hunting uses out to a couple hundred yards. My brother can ring the 1000 yard gong most times with his 91/30 with a Scout scope.