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Posted By: deerstalker heavies in the 7.62x39 - 09/14/16
just for kicks and giggles tonight i loaded up 10 rounds of some 165g cast powder coated spitzers without gas checks over 19 g's of imr 4198. got 1800fps and was skipping a canning lid across the ground at 125 meters. the accuracy shocked me. makes a nice plinking round in my AR.
that was the heaviest bullet i could find data for, and it was in the Lyman cast bullet manual.
just FYI.
Posted By: BarryC Re: heavies in the 7.62x39 - 09/15/16
Not surprising. I think most AKs have a twist rate between 1/9 and 1/10. I'd like to try 200gr bullets some time. smile
Posted By: deerstalker Re: heavies in the 7.62x39 - 09/15/16
ROT in this Radical arms ar is 1/10. just fired 20 rounds into 2.5 inches at 125m so i am a happy dog.
Posted By: tex_n_cal Re: heavies in the 7.62x39 - 09/15/16
I may give 150's a try in my Ruger #1; it has a long throat, and can take a bit warmer loads than an AK.
Posted By: deerstalker Re: heavies in the 7.62x39 - 09/15/16
i like the AK fine but so far in the AR platform the 7.62x39 shines in the accuracy dept. and just ran 30 round mag with the slidefire and not a glitch.
Posted By: local_dirt Re: heavies in the 7.62x39 - 09/16/16
Originally Posted by deerstalker
i like the AK fine but so far in the AR platform the 7.62x39 shines in the accuracy dept. and just ran 30 round mag with the slidefire and not a glitch.


I think you've just started a very interesting conversation with this thread.
Posted By: Dillonbuck Re: heavies in the 7.62x39 - 09/16/16
Always wanted a fast twist Cz in 7.62.
Posted By: deerstalker Re: heavies in the 7.62x39 - 09/16/16
after a range day with a coulpe friends, i have 500 rounds now through the AR 7.62x39 with about half and half 123g jacketed and 165g cast powder coated. amazingly they shoot to the same point of aim and i have had 2 failures to feed and they followed lite charges. i am liking this setup. 30 round group at 50 yards today was 4.5 inches. that with just trigger reset and scope settling.
barrel was warm!!
Posted By: Hook Re: heavies in the 7.62x39 - 09/30/16
Originally Posted by Dillonbuck
Always wanted a fast twist Cz in 7.62.


If you are talking about the CZ 572, mine doesn't need a faster twist than it came with. This is my 180 gr cast load at 100 yds.

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Posted By: 458 Lott Re: heavies in the 7.62x39 - 09/30/16
1-10 is a good twist as it's not too fast to be unfriendly with cast, but fast enough to stabilize 200's.
Posted By: lotech Re: heavies in the 7.62x39 - 09/30/16
A 1 in 10" twist in a Ruger bolt-action will stabilize cast bullets somewhat over 200 grains.
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