SA ammo replica load

[Pvt. Joker]

I just shot my FAL that was rebarrelled and it performed excellent.
For a rifle with battle sights and ball ammo it impressed the hell out of me.

I used SA 7.62 circa 1979.

I took one apart and heres whats in it:

143.8 grain FMJBT bullet
40 grains of an extruded type of powder
The case weighs in at 183 grains.
Avereage LC case is 182 grains.

My question is this:
Anyone have a load that replicates this ?
I'm not interested in 168 gr. HPBT match stuff, I reload that stuff all day long for my M1A.


I'm looking for something real close, I can work out the bugs and tune it in for my piece.

[jerrymrc]

No. But many have been working on a Aussie load to duplicate AFF91

Starting data.

LC or Aussie cases. Standard primer. 43 Gr H4895 (same as AFF91)147 Fn bullets. I do not have it in front of me but this was spot on for FPS against AFF91 when we tested it.

[shootist87122]

The R1M1 SA is surprisingly accurate for me also, though not as clean shooting as Aussie (no biggie).

Take your 168 grain load and sub in a 150 FMJBT Hornady. Tweak the velocity to 2,675 - 2,700 FPS to match the SA in a 21" barrel. It that doesn't work, then 43 grains of Varget, CCI #34 primer, and 2.788" COL in surplus brass is another one that's very close to Aussie.

[instr8]

I needed a load for a BMG I took to an MG shoot last fall. I was using SA ball and wanted a tracer every 5th. The closest load I could come up with, with what I had was 39.5gr H322/M25/LC98/WinLRP. It matched muzzle velo just about perfect and POI was acceptably close also.


Not the same I know, but maybe it'll help

[hagar]

If I have to reach deep into my foggy memory, the South African powder they used is similar to IMR3031. I would just use Varget or RL15 in LC cases, it burns a lot cleaner than most, and you can never go wrong with either.