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Offline missouri dave

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Who makes bullets for the 7.62x39?
« on: June 04, 2005, 05:48:20 AM »
I just bought a arsenal arms ak-47. I'm interested in reloading some hunting rounds for it and also someone here mentioned making a poor man's whisper out of this cartridge. I assume the bore is .310. I haven't measured it yet but certainly will.  Who makes bullets in the bore and does anybody have any load data for it? Thanks.
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Who makes bullets for the 7.62x39?
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2005, 06:26:55 AM »
Dave ///hornady , speer and winchester all make bullets for the .310 bore i'm sure there are others - i don't load for this round so you might check some of the powder companys they all have load data on their web sites.

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Who makes bullets for the 7.62x39?
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2005, 06:47:16 AM »
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7.62-39 bullets
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2005, 01:12:42 PM »
You might be able to use bullets designed for .303 British, if not jacketed, then cast. I don't know, just my 2 cents, jd45.

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Who makes bullets for the 7.62x39?
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2005, 01:44:35 PM »
Yes, you can use 303 bullets and Sierra, Speer, Hornady, Remington all make them.
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Who makes bullets for the 7.62x39?
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2005, 02:38:42 PM »
You may want to try .308 bullets also. My chinese has a .313 bore but still shoots some .308 bullets better than the steel cased stuff.

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Who makes bullets for the 7.62x39?
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2005, 05:24:54 PM »
Here's your data http://stevespages.com/310_1.html

The Sierra 125 grain .311 works well for me. So do cast gas check bullets sized .313 or so.
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