A south American country made a really similar round the 54r also. It would be hard to tell them apart even holding them in your hands.
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The Finns built Mosin based target rifles with tighter chambers and bores that were .308-.310 The 53r distinguished the 2 . At the loose end a 53r will shoot 54r ammo . At the tight end it is over pressure
Just wanted to post something to this old thread that I came across. No intent to hijack and the other referrals. Just to help everyone here if you are still having an issue or still have a problem and own the rifle the problem and the fixing failure(s) then you should contact on the net padistributing. He is a complete expert on the repairs for the PSL and the SVD like no other. He’s super nice older guy. Mine was doing the same thing and he fixed it I can even do hand-loads now. He asked do you intend to do hand-loading too? He then reworked the firing pin also. He’s a genius! Hope this helps.
That was an old thread! I was thinking about Dave the other day, he was a very nice guy and a good gunsmith. I think he moved to MI?
