7.62x25 in a new gun? Would you buy it?
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Reed1911
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Actually, what we did is use a 9mm slide which is a closer match to the 7.62x25 breech face, and run them out of .38SA mags. We are still working on getting them commercially available. :banghead: yes it takes a lot of time.
Boarhunter
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Add my name to the list of those who would buy! I like the cartridge a good bit...it always draws attention of those around you when shot in the local in-door range!
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Vern Humphrey
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Actually, you can get the 7.62X25 in revolers now. The new ones are labeled ".327 Magnum" and the olders ones are labeled ".32-20."
Vern Humphrey
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Why would you want to do that? The ballistics are identical.
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Some of the nagants revolvers were rechambered out for the tokarev round. Probably not a very safe conversion.
I would be interested in a redesign of the tokarev. I like the tokarev because it is thin, but the safety system needs work. The orginal grip is fine for concealment.
But if the 7.62 x25 is good because of its speed. Why not take some strong brass and make a necked down .30/45 acp cartridge in a ramp barrel. This would fit existing 1911 frames and slides and really have high velocities if you could get the pressure up to 30-35,000 PSI. A stronger case that is fully supported should withstand such pressures.
Some day when I get some money I may pay my gunsmith to make me such a gun. I understand the .38/45 never was good for high velocity due to pressure problems. Use of better brass would cure that problem. If the .357 sig is good that is made on a .40 case, why not do something like that for a bigger case like the .45 ACP.
I would be interested in a redesign of the tokarev. I like the tokarev because it is thin, but the safety system needs work. The orginal grip is fine for concealment.
But if the 7.62 x25 is good because of its speed. Why not take some strong brass and make a necked down .30/45 acp cartridge in a ramp barrel. This would fit existing 1911 frames and slides and really have high velocities if you could get the pressure up to 30-35,000 PSI. A stronger case that is fully supported should withstand such pressures.
Some day when I get some money I may pay my gunsmith to make me such a gun. I understand the .38/45 never was good for high velocity due to pressure problems. Use of better brass would cure that problem. If the .357 sig is good that is made on a .40 case, why not do something like that for a bigger case like the .45 ACP.
Boarhunter
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Vern,
Speaking for myself, if I had to have a rational explanation for the various guns I own, my "accumulation" would be a very, very small fraction of what it is today. Many years ago, I tried to "justify" the necessity for a new gun; today, I don't even try....frankly, don't even care!
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Speaking for myself, if I had to have a rational explanation for the various guns I own, my "accumulation" would be a very, very small fraction of what it is today. Many years ago, I tried to "justify" the necessity for a new gun; today, I don't even try....frankly, don't even care!
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Vern Humphrey
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That's as good a philosophy as any.
But if you really want a revolver in 7.62X25, just get a new one in .327 Mag, or an old one in .32-20.
jjohnson
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What? Nagant in 7.62x25, and Post 116
Oh, Katie bar the door! That's like trying to get a twelve-pounder Napoleon to chamber and discharge a German 88 round.
And: Ref Post 116 - I don't think that's a Russian design. That's a French Mat-45, which they left behind when they bailed out of French Indochina, 9mm rebarreled to 7.62 x 25. Yes, like many French weapons, never fired, just dropped once when in rapid retreat from anyone....
Oh, Katie bar the door! That's like trying to get a twelve-pounder Napoleon to chamber and discharge a German 88 round.
And: Ref Post 116 - I don't think that's a Russian design. That's a French Mat-45, which they left behind when they bailed out of French Indochina, 9mm rebarreled to 7.62 x 25. Yes, like many French weapons, never fired, just dropped once when in rapid retreat from anyone....
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In a forum dedicated to nagants revolvers one of the posts spoke of one that blew up at range causing injury to another shooter.
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Originally Posted by jjk308
"The 7.62x25 chambering isn't practical as too little of the chamber walls would remain even for the riskiest shooter."
"I did see a guy that had a 7.62 x 25 cylinder conversion Nagant come apart on him. The guy next to him got hit in the neck with fragments. The police were talking to the owner.
He was still shaking about 15 minites after the other guy was take to the hospital.
I never found out what happened, nothing in the local paper. The people at the range would not talk about it.
Good luck,
point6"
Barnetmill: "By the way I do not like to shoot next to other people if I can help it for many reasons. I know of two cases where defective guns had non-intended discharges. One fellow got wounded and the other case was without injuries."
mgregg85
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I wish kel-tec would chamber a SUB-2000 in that caliber, or .45 ACP or 10mm.
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hell yes i would buy such a gun. flat shooting, powerful round that is available as milsurp for dirt cheap? sign me up. i love my tt-33, it's the pistol that somehow seems to defy physics. (exactly how does it have the power of a .357mag, yet kick less than a 9mm?)
if all the milsurp ammo dried up, such a gun wouldn't be that interesting, but at the moment, the ammo is still readily available.
if all the milsurp ammo dried up, such a gun wouldn't be that interesting, but at the moment, the ammo is still readily available.
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k9870 wondering, how easy would it be to convert a 32-20 levergun to a 762x25 repeater,, as some may know, i really, really want a 762 rifle
That would, I believe, be the same as a .218 Bee - and Marlin has made some of those in the past 10 years or so...
k9870 wondering, how easy would it be to convert a 32-20 levergun to a 762x25 repeater,, as some may know, i really, really want a 762 rifle
That would, I believe, be the same as a .218 Bee - and Marlin has made some of those in the past 10 years or so...
PAPACHUCK
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Ruger Mini in 7.62x25 anyone?
seeker_two
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I'd like to see them bring back the PC-9 or .44MAG semi-auto with the 7.62x25 option....
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