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Offline Ron 1

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i missed something
« on: December 19, 2011, 03:34:11 AM »
i was looking at a ar and on the inside of the clip in says 5.45 x39   
i have heard on 5.56 and 7.62 x39   what cal. would it be?
thanks    rw
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Re: i missed something
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2011, 03:54:23 AM »
The magazine is obviously made for 5.45 X 39 a fun little round.  Was the barrel not the same?  ARs are offered in many different calibers.

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Re: i missed something
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2011, 04:01:21 AM »
It's the soviet take on a competitor for the 5.56x45. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5.45×39mm
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Re: i missed something
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2011, 02:16:15 AM »
thanks for the info
the ar was marked as 7.62x39 along with 2 or 3 of the clips and 2 of the extra clips were 5.45x39
i missed out and it sold before i got back with him. i geuss it was not meant for me to have it.
i did think $500.00 was a pretty good price tho.
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Re: i missed something
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2011, 02:36:03 AM »
Very good price. They can be a pain to get running right though. The x39 case is fat and uses a banana shaped mag. The AR mag is straight and/or at least straight up top. With some tweaking and good mags some folks have good luck with them, some never get them straightened out to 100% reliability though.
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