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Offline Moonlitin

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Handi Rifle in 7.62x39 - any reports from those who have one
« on: January 26, 2006, 05:11:11 PM »
I have two other rifles chambered in 7.62x39, so I have a lot of cheap ammo in my cabinet.  I've been thinking about a Handi in 7.62x39, but I have not heard much about them.  Do any of you guys have one?  Was that barrel a heavy barrel or regular contour?  Did it have a scope rail or rifle sights?  How does the cheap 7.62x39 ammo shoot in this rifle?

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« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2006, 05:29:48 PM »
Don't have one and can't get the search to work, but reports have been that milsurp ammo has lots of failures to fire due to hard primers. Kinda negates the Handi-ness of the caliber if cheap ammo can't be shot in it. :(

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Thanks quickdtoo!
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2006, 05:37:21 PM »
Thanks for the fast reply quickdtoo.  I couldn't get the search to work tonight either.  I honestly would have never thought about that.  If I had to buy boxer primed, brass cased ammo to shoot in it I might as well get a Handi in a caliber that I don't already have.  

I guess I'll just have to run all of that cheap ammo through my WASR10 and my Yugo SKS.  I just thought that since I had all of that cheap ammo around, a Handi rifle would be a fun way to keep shooting while the barrels on my other rifles were cooling off.

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« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2006, 09:19:31 AM »
just get a stiffer spring and it should do fine with those "hard" primers....
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Handi Rifle in 7.62x39 - any reports from t
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2006, 10:02:32 AM »
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« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2006, 06:20:22 PM »
Just tried to get a 7.62 x 39 barrel fitted to my action, but the lady said that it has to be a 95 or later action to fit this barrel.  Mine was a 94, so I was SOL.  Had a bunch of the brass cased Cheetah ammo I was wanting to shoot in it.  Oh well, got a 357 barrel that I will rechamber to 357max.
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« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2006, 05:01:45 AM »
Does anyone know what bore they whent with is the 308 or 310.
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« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2006, 05:26:59 AM »
dewy:
I've seen them reported as .310.
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Cheetah Ammo
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2006, 07:50:00 PM »
Quote from: rockrat
Had a bunch of the brass cased Cheetah ammo I was wanting to shoot in it.  Oh well, got a 357 barrel that I will rechamber to 357max.


rockrat, do you want to get rid of that Cheetah ammo?  I bought some a while back and I'd like to get some more, but nobody is importing it now.

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