Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Single Shots Ruger No. 1A 7.62x39

No doubt it is probably the classiest production rifle ever chambered for the lowly AK round. We got a couple in at work and if I didn't have a CZ 527 so chambered, I'd snag one, but I'm trying to use some restraint these days. May not be the most "practical" choice but it makes more sense than the ones chambered for .357 Magnum. Those certainly don't gather any moss when they come up for sale and I'd sort of like to have one for some crazy reason.

If you hunt where you have a chance at multiple animals from the same stand, smaller cartridges are worth considering. I noticed some years ago, I touch off an '06 case in a 22" barrel, and I wouldn't see a deer again for 2-3 days. I shot a doe one afternoon with a .300 Savage, burning 20 grains less powder, and I had a decent buck in the next morning.

The 7.62x39 obviously falls into the same category.

YMMV, of course a can further dampens noise.

I'd be afraid to put a can on a #1. Seems like anyone who did would receive death threats and have crosses burned on their front lawn, maybe even risk divine retribution and jeopardize their entry into Heaven...

No, that's only a Sharps. A #1 with a can only inspires stern looks and children shooed away...

You can put a can on a #1B but if you molest that wrap around front sight on the 1A or 1S I would personally come to your house and put beans in your chili.

And he means to put beans in your chili, by way of the back door...

No matter the source, if beans get in chili, its only good for throwing away....

Anyone shoot theirs yet!?????

How they grouping!??

I'd buy one if they had nice wood, but I have yet to see one so blessed There's plenty of them online, and one at a LGS. Every one I've seen is as plain as Janet Reno.

That's not plain, that's UGLY/SCARY!

My little CZ Carbine has done that and blackbuck too via my then two young son's. We used Wolf 123 gr copper jacketed hollowpoints. Bang flop every time. I bought a thousand rounds way back when I bought the rifle, maybe 2003, and have yet to buy dies for it. I do not see the copper jacketed stuff these days?

In a strong action like the #1, the 7.62x39 could be uploaded some, so with care you could improve the ballistics. Multiple caveats there, of course.

I think you should get one.....










And let me shoot it.

The 30-40 is purtier.

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Janet Reno!!! That would be 'Anti-Wood'

I admit the idea of one is appealing, even in lieu of good wood.

They are slowly going away on Gun Broker, two less tonight from when I last checked, sort of interesting to me as well.

Checked Gun Broker again tonight, count back up to 19, heard from Lipseys a couple of days ago, they had 14 of the 305 made still in stock. Suppose I need to make a decision fast if I can use one at the cheap prices I'm seeing as offered.

Well I grabbed one over the weekend. With no sign of the K1V .223's or 1B .257 Roy that I wanted, I decided to work with a Russian Ruger. No figure in the wood but some mineral streaking, and real good grain flow through the wrist. It's fairly blond in color. The trigger is a little heavy, but crisp.

I'll probably swap a 1.5-5 VX-3 on to it this week, and try some loads with 1680. I have some Hornady Zmax and soft point 123's on hand from my AK experiments, and a fair amount of good Lapua brass. The chamber is much tighter than the AK (surprise) and fired AK brass won't begin to chamber.

The throat is not excessively long on it. The Hornady 123gr Zmax touches the lands with about .16" of bullet in the case neck, which is fine for a single shot. If I decide to try 150's it should work fine without excessively deep seating.

The 7.62x39 has a mild report, and I think tends to disturb deer less in a given area. I'll probably pop a spike on this ranch later this year, but there are some nice bucks I wanna grow another year so I hope I don't spook them. There is also at least one big sow on the ranch I'd like to put in the freezer.