Commie Round 7.62x39

You used to could get good brass reloads of this ammo from Georgia Arms... a goodly number of years ago I had to supply a number of rifles for some fellows to shoot.... two I supplied were a mini 14 and a mini 30... some guy brought his AK 47 and a lot of wolf ammo... they shot the wolf ammo in my mini 30.... when I got home and started to clean the guns I let others shoot the mini-30 looked like someone had poured mud down the barrel. The real problem with this ammo is usually it comes from someplace that makes really dirty rounds... I don't even like the way the stuff smells.

WAYNO said:

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I have also found the steel cased Hornady to be the best performer. It is still shown in their catalogue, but I cannot find it anywhere, and have been told it's discontinued. So I guess I don't know the real story.View attachment 44070

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If I save my Hornady steel case ammo for only deer and occasionally a feral porker, I may expire before the ammo runs out.

Always thought that would be a fun caliber for a 14" Contender!

the_leper_colony said:

Been thinking about building an AR15 chambered for .300 Ham'r (which was developed by Wilson Combat as a hunting round). Just don't know if it offers enough additional velocity over the 7.62x39 to make it worthwhile - will probably put the idea on the back burner, and see if I stumble across an affordable barrel &/or some cheap brass.

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I have an AR chambered in .458 SOCOM. it will take down a Hog or a bear. It is good for approx. 100 yds.

I have an SKS, MINI 30 & MAK 90 THUMBHOLE SPORTER.

My mini 30 is a pig popper!

What I wanted but never got was a nice bolt action rifle in that caliber... had to settle for 30-06, which has a tad more 'push' to it.

MaxMan said:

Yeah, I saw it shoot up. I had a bunch of Golden Tiger @ $5.00/box

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Golden Tiger is the best steel case there is and sells for $300 per 500 now. Glad I got all I need when it was $200 per 1000 only a few years ago. The price of Red Army Standard has gone through the roof as well.

Mine is a Zastava O-PAP which has tripled in value in the last five years.

I have a nice Yugo SKS and I built a 16" AR in 7.62x39
I really like the AR for a truck gun. Lightweight with Magpul Delta ring forearm and a Tacticon 1-4 LPVO with illuminated reticle. It shoots the 154gr Tula ammo really well. I scored some ASC mags and they cycle excellent. That 154gr SP ammo hits hard.

My two SKS's... one of which is a paratrooper model with a shorter barrel, have non debatable 20 round mags on them. And both have folding stocks... I think I need to take them out and play with 'em sometime.

blume357 said:

My two SKS's... one of which is a paratrooper model with a shorter barrel, have non debatable 20 round mags on them. And both have folding stocks... I think I need to take them out and play with 'em sometime.

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I always try and get the magazines that don't argue.

The inaccuracy problems associated with 7.62x 39 AKs has more to do with their barrels than the round.
AK barrels flex - a lot - when fired. SKSs are better generally. I've owned both a brand new Yugo and a genuine Vietnam Chi-com Norinco, and though beat up it was generally a better made weapon. If you want a decent AK, I recommend a Norinco MAK 90. They have significantly bigger diameter barrels, don't flex as much, and each one I've owned over the years had a very light trigger pull, once you pulled through the creep.

I no longer own any of them. Once the cheap ammo dried up, and during the Obama scare, I sold them to someone that needed them more than I did. I did like the round though - the old steel core Chinese stuff will shoot right through a telephone pole...

I had a Mini 30, a couple SKS's and a Norinco AK 47 in the 80s. All bought in California imagine that lol. Lost the mini 30 and SKS's in a divorce. Sold the AK to a retiring SEAL (Sr Chief Lyles GREAT GUY!) when I was TAD to EODMU3 where he was attached. Wonder if he still has it.

I missed the AK as a pure fun gun. Couple years ago I bought one from PSA. On days I just want to pull the trigger and hit steel it is the best therapy. Got a great deal on cases of Wolf and Tulammo. It's going to take a bunch of therapy shoots to go through it. Looking to get another one in the near future.