This current production commercial ammunition is made in Serbia in the same factory that made military 7.62x54r ammunition for the former Yugoslavia.  The differences are a non-corrosive boxer primer which allows the case to be easily reloaded and a "light ball" bullet as opposed to heavy ball as used in the military ammunition.   The bullet is non-magnetic just as the previous military bullet.  Wolf ammunition of Russia sells this under their premium "Gold" label and it is also sold under the Privi Partizan label.  There is no difference in the ammunition.  It is currently available and the least expensive with a reloadable case at this time.

Funding for this evaluation was provided in part by "Gosha" and "usrifle" of Gunboards.com.  Thanks to "Springbank" for range assistance.

(Reference number 029)

Package (20 rounds per cardboard box)
Wolf Gold	Privi Partizan

Measured Muzzle Velocity in Feet per Second (10 shot string)
Rifle	M44	M28	M91/30	M91 (Finnish)	M91 (Russian)
Low	2570	2733	2786	2824	2732
High	2623	2804	2847	2862	2811
Average	2606	2779	2815	2841	2758
Extreme Spread	53	71	61	38	79
Standard Deviation	23	29	25	18	27
Trajectory and Drop Graph (click on the thumbnails)
Notes on the graphs  The graphs above each represent two sets of data.  The red line is the path of the bullet fired from the rifle with the sights zeroed at 200 yards.   The bullet exits the muzzle at a distance a fraction of an inch below zero inches.   This represents the height of the sight over the centerline of the bore.  The bullet rises above zero in a trajectory that then passes through zero again at 200 yards and continues downward.  The blue line is the the bullet drop in inches for the distance traveled.  This begins at the muzzle at zero inches and decreases with distance not taking sight height or zero distance into account.