what is the difference in 7.62 x 39 ammo vs 7.62 x 54 ammo?
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The39s are man stoppers and the 54s are for piercing armor
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Bound's hubby here:\n\nI think your selection of a Remington 700 is a good choice. Prices vary, ranging from $659 to $859, depending on which model you select (I have included the Remington link, which includes MSRP pricing). \n\nA bit above, someone mentioned something about the ."243, go with the 6mm Remington, and that you could also shoot the .243 in it". If that is what they said, it is wrong and dangerous. The cartridge case dimensions for the 6mm Remington and the .243 Winchester are very different!\n\nA quick (perhaps unwanted history) on the 6mms:\n\nThe .244 Remington was made with a 1x12" twist, and fired bullets up to 100 grains. Heavier than 100 grain bullets would not stabilize with the 1x12" twist.\n\nWinchester introduced the .243 Winchester to compete with the .244 Remington. The .243 was designed to be fired in rifles with 1x10" twist, which would stabilize bullets a little hevier than 100 grains ... up to I believe 120 grains.\n\nRemington saw the writing on the wall, and up-graded the .244 Remington and introduced it as a new cartridge, the 6mm Remington. The 6mm Remington was designed to be fired out of rifles with a 1x9" twist, which can stablilize slightly heavier bullets than the 120 grain ... The 6mm Remington had a slight advantage, in that its case dimensions were identical to the older .244 Remington, and these two cartridges are interchangeable! But neither are interchangeable with the .243 Winchester!\n\nWhich you go with depends entirely upon your needs and preferences. Both the 6mm Remington and the .243 Winchester are supposed to be lighter recoiling cartridges (lighter, relative to the .308 Winchester or the .30-06 Springfield)!\n\nGood luck!
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7.62 mm refers to the diameter of the lands in the barrel. The actual bullet is normally .308 in (7.82 mm), although Soviet weapons commonly use a .310 in (7.87 mm) bullet, as do older British and Japanese cartridges.\nHope this can answer your question.
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Bound's hubby here:\n\nAnd people say creative writing is dead!\n\nFirst ... the .38 Special, .357 Magnum, and 9mm handguns and their respective ammunition are referred to as medium bores. \n\nThe .38 Special, being the oldest, was one of the first "true" medium bore smokeless powder cartridges. While the bullets fired from a .38 Special or .357 Magnum are typically .357 to .358 inches in diameter (9mm being .355 inches in diameter), the inside diameter of the barrel at the grooves is smaller in diameter, and the inside diameter at the lands (rifling) is even smaller in diameter ... this is necessary for the bullet to "fill" the lands and grooves to establish rotation of the bullet in order to achieve any degree of accuracy. \n\nThe earlier blackpowder medium bore cartridge was the .38-40 ... whose bullet was actually .40 cal. (firing a bullet .400 inches in diameter). \n\nThe other "medium bore" handgun prior to this was the .36 Navy, a cap and ball revolver that fired a bullet .351 inches in diameter. \n\nWith the exception of the .357 Magnum, none of the medium bores' names truely reflect the actual diameter of the bullet fired. The reason the .38 Special was named the .38 Special by Smith & Wesson (its developer) was to avoid identification with the .36 Navy ... which WAS a proprietary development of its competitor, "Colt". Performance-wise, the .38 Special was a significant improvement in reliability, performance, and accuracy over the .36 Navy ... and needless to say more modern ... S&W sought a unique identity for its first centerfire medium bore smokeless cartridge.\n\nAs an aside, with the exception of the .22, the .25 ACP, .357 Magnum, the .40 S&W, the .41 Magnum, and the vast variety of .45s, no handgun cartridge name truly reflects the actual diameter of the bullet. The 32 family = .312", the .38 family = .357, the .38-40 = .400", and the .44 family (even the mighty .44 Magnum) = .429".\n\nGood luck!
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M16 fires a .223 -- in metric 5.56x45mm\n\nAK47's fire a 7.62x39\nModern AK's fire a 5.45x39 (NOT a 5.56 as incorrectly stated before)\n\nAn M60 I believe fires a 7.62x51mm NATO aka .308 Winchester
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Take a look at the gun manufactures website and only use ammo that they recommend.  Seriously, you could ruin your gun or hurt yourself if you play around with other stuff.
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depends on the degree of accuracy\n\nto the nearest 1 m it would be \n\ngreater than or equal to 159.5 and less than 160.5\n\nnote no equal to in the upper limit as 160.5 rounds to 161\n\nfor any other degree of accuracy use the same method but to the appropiate decimal place
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The difference between a .224 and a .223 is .001 inch, to be safe I would stick to the .22 inch bullets.  A larger one may not fit in and when stuck will explode the barrel.
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It depends on your classification of large. The .30/06 has the longest range and is the general caliber that most people can withstand in recoil and weight. In Arizona 300-400 yard shots are common and small little coues whitetail deer and .30/06 150-180 grain bullets drop them fine so do the 130 grain .270 and 7mm do well too. I would not recommend the .243, it is a nice flat shooting cartridge which is good for long range, but you have to hit them right to get a good kill, which isn't ideal for long range where you would have to track them if you miss. The .30/06 wont do good either if you miss, but there is alot more diameter and energy going downrange. I know, i know velocity equals on paper energy but I personally think that big heavy bullet is better than a light super fast one. Plus if you factor in the effect of wind, the .30/06 is 100x more wind resistant. My .25/06 little .25 bullet gets blown around in light winds. Plus if you practice more with the .30/06 and understand bullet drop, you will have a great all around weapon whereas the .243 is limited to deer and smaller species. The .30/06 will take game up to moose and black bear. Don't listen to people who say it doesn't work on elk, I have shot many and they drop real fast, farthest I had to track one was 100 yards. My dad shot one at 300 yards with two shots, one busted the front shoulder the other right through the heart. I personally think the shoulder shot was amazing at 300 yards to do that much damage to the shoulder. He missed probably due to buck fever, it was the biggest bull the game warden had seen up there in years. That was last season. The .30/06 is all you need and it is a good short range cartridge too, use with with 180s which are good for elk and I just took one this last season with an 80 yard shot, right through both lungs the bullet exited making a half-cent size hole. The elk ran 30 yards uphill and died. \n\nThe .50 BMG would split a deer in half, it does so to humans and blows heads, arms and legs off, too much gun, unless you are shooting at 5,000 yards. \n\nA howitzer is impractical and there would be no meat left and like the gau 8 it is pretty much illegal in all U.S. states.
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Bound's hubby here:\n\nThose numbers reflect the number of 100s of meters for elevation for the "issued" cartridge. These are "ball park" figures, since rifles and ammunition have a certain degree of latitude in production tolerances, but those numbers, when using the appropriate "service ammo" WILL put you on paper!
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You can do a comparison of the different rifle calibers using a tool at Remington.com\n\nhttp://www.remington.com/products/ammunition/ballistics/\n\nYou can compare calibers and then bullet weights as well since that's also a factor in understanding energy of the bullet at different ranges.\n\nHave fun and be safe.
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NO.\n\n.32 ACP (.32 Auto) and .32S&W are NOT the same, and are NOT interchangeable. Make sure you use only the caliber stamped onto your gun's barrel or you could risk a catastrophic disassembly, also known as blowing up your gun.
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Found you a very informative site that goes into all performance categories with all bullet weights\n\nThe following article assumes the reader is familiar with the new .45GAP (Glock Auto Pistol) cartridge and the Glock 37 pistol which fires it.  There isn't room in this article to lay out the background, but it shouldn't take much effort on the reader's part to get up to speed on this new cartridge and the controversy between it and the .45ACP round that the gunzines are trying to create to beef up magazine sales.\nhttp://www.outdoors.net/site/features/feature.aspx+Forum+Firearms+ArticleCode+1117\n\nHope that helps.
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you're talking .223 here aren't you.  the heavier bullet will retain more energy than a lighter bullet.  imagine getting hit with a ping pong ball, a marble and a ball bearing, each traveling about 100 mph.  the ball bearing will hurt more because it has more energy in its weight.\n\nhowever, the benefits of a lighter bullet is that it will go faster and will drop less at shorter to medium ranges.  the ligher bullets are good for varmint shooting.  the heavier bullets are good for larger animals.
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Yes a 6 in barrel hand gun is more accurate than a 4 in. However some people find it harder to keep it steady while lining up the sights. personally I have no trouble lining up the sights.
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It depends on how much damage you want to do to the meat (not the animal) and how accurate you are.  A smaller, faster bullet, such as the 30-06, conveys a lot of hydrostatic shock that ruins some of the meat.  If you do your own reloading, and experiment with your reloads, then a 30-06 will work for you.\n\nA larger, slower bullet, such as the .308, makes a larger exit wound, but since the bullet is traveling slower, there is not as much ruined meat.\n\nI use an 8mm (8x57 IRS) for my hunting.  I am currently hunting in Germany where I regularly shoot Roe Deer and wild boar.  I will stack that caliber up against anything out there, and will use it next year on my elk hunt in CO.
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Not accurate at that range. try a 7.62mm