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JD0x0 · April 4, 2013, 01:32 PM

That velocity does not sound extremely reasonable with that case. Besides the older M91/30 Nagants with the longer barrels tend to be the more fragile Nagant's. I've heard to not even use current production 7.62x54R in them because pressure is too high. I can't speak for your rifle but I'd be concerned. The updated Nagant carbines can handle slightly more pressure I believe, enough to safely fire current production ammo.
I'd guestimate that you could push a heavy-ish 181 grain to a MV of around 2800fps if you're lucky.

April 4, 2013, 01:32 PM	#4
JD0x0 Senior Member Join Date: January 30, 2013 Posts: 1,037	That velocity does not sound extremely reasonable with that case. Besides the older M91/30 Nagants with the longer barrels tend to be the more fragile Nagant's. I've heard to not even use current production 7.62x54R in them because pressure is too high. I can't speak for your rifle but I'd be concerned. The updated Nagant carbines can handle slightly more pressure I believe, enough to safely fire current production ammo. I'd guestimate that you could push a heavy-ish 181 grain to a MV of around 2800fps if you're lucky.