rayjay
Senior Member
You guys with the lifetime supply of FMJ ammo should consider buying a collet bullet puller so you can pull the bullet and then seat in a hunting bullet. Then you could try any .311 expanding bullet you want.
The 7.62x39 is the parent cartridge of the most popular round used in Bench Rest competition. The Russians necked the case down to 22cal for use in international shooting sports, 220 Russian. A couple of Americans took this case and necked it up to 6mm and blew out the should making the 6mmPPC [ both their last names started with the letter P ]. Many years later somebody necked it up to 30 cal for use in score events, 30 PPC. The cartridge will shoot a 115 gr bullet in the 3000 + range.Bullet performance would probably be a lot better if we could sauce it up to about 26-2700 FPS ?.
No doubt the 7.62x39 could be enhanced in a strong bolt action rifle .where the cartridge really shines is in the economy realm. The little round is cheap to shoot and the velocity of 2300-2400 fps works well inside practical ranges for hunting. Cartridges are what they are ,no need to turn them into something they aren't. Pulling the bullets and restuffing the cases with better bullets is a notable option, but like I say the round is economical, even hunting rounds.The 7.62x39 is the parent cartridge of the most popular round used in Bench Rest competition. The Russians necked the case down to 22cal for use in international shooting sports, 220 Russian. A couple of Americans took this case and necked it up to 6mm and blew out the should making the 6mmPPC [ both their last names started with the letter P ]. Many years later somebody necked it up to 30 cal for use in score events, 30 PPC. The cartridge will shoot a 115 gr bullet in the 3000 + range.
So it should be easily possible to hot rod the 7.62x39 into the 2600 2700 range without excess pressure although whether any semi auto action will allow this is the important question.
I would like to add that ak and sks rifles are hit and miss as far as accuracy goes. I have seen some that are shooters and some that are not accurate enough to ethically hunt with. We are fortunate enough to have polytech legends that shoot about an inch and a half. They are the first choice of the wife and daughters for range time and hunting. The beauty of the cartridge is you can practice with cheap ammo and upgrade to the better stuff for hunting. I know very few folks myself that hand load this cartridge. I'm with transfixer on the powders in some of this ammo it is dirty.
I had a Yugo SKS with a bore that looked like corrosive ammo was used and not properly cleaned. I put some of the Tech Sights on it and the thing shot amazingly well. About 2" at 50 [ may have been 100, don't remember ]. For my eyes and irons I was amazed. this was with Wolf ammo and from a proper bench rest.
The last time I shot a gun with standard open sights was my BB gun and I hit the hummingbird feeder and got a whipping. I still can't sit down.I've got the Tech sight rear sight on my 16in sks, that sight makes a world of difference in how accurate you can be with those rifles,
Has anybody killed a deer or bear with the hollow point ammo?
Look up Cavity Back Bullets.Probably not enough velocity (7.62 x 39) to make the Copper bullets open up.? They NEED velocity to perform,so I Doubt we will ever see a monolithic in this caliber,due to that. I’d think something along the lines of a (Bonded)SP ..tweaked to work at 1800-2400 FPS would be ideal?
My 7.62x39 AR by PSA with a cold hammer-forged FN barrel stacks them in pretty good at 100 with good ammo.I would like to add that ak and sks rifles are hit and miss as far as accuracy goes. I have seen some that are shooters and some that are not accurate enough to ethically hunt with. We are fortunate enough to have polytech legends that shoot about an inch and a half. They are the first choice of the wife and daughters for range time and hunting. The beauty of the cartridge is you can practice with cheap ammo and upgrade to the better stuff for hunting. I know very few folks myself that hand load this cartridge. I'm with transfixer on the powders in some of this ammo it is dirty.