7.62x39 bullet ?

[deputy bruce]

has anyone tried the 7.62x39 154gr bullet I have an upper on the way. I just wanted to know you thoughts

 

[Drail]

Huh????

 

[Steel Horse Rider]

Are you building an AK-47 or an SKS?

 

[adcoch1]

Ran some in my cz 527, it is awesome for expansion and really accurate, no idea how it runs in an ar though. My sks likes it.

 

[Davek1977]

Are you building an AK-47 or an SKS?

Since he said upper, my natural assumption was he was building a 7.62x39 AR-15, much like my own. However, I have not shot the 154 grain load thru mine

 

[saiga308]

7.62x39 154gr bullet

video time 5:20 looks like a tighter grouping with it
bet it has a deep drop rainbow curve after 300 yards

 

[saiga308]

fat boy 154 about a -102 inches drop at 500 yards as 122 grainer has only have

-86.4

drop

RANGE (YARDS) VELOCITY (FPS) ENERGY (FT.-LB.) TRAJECTORY (IN) COME UP IN MOA COME UP IN MILS WIND DRIFT (IN) WIND DRIFT IN MOA WIND DRIFT IN MILS
Muzzle 2116 1531 -1.5 0 0 0 0 0
25 2056 1446 0.7 -2.8 -0.8 0 0 0
50 1998 1365 2.4 -4.7 -1.4 0 0 0
75 1941 1288 3.6 -4.6 -1.3 0 0 0
100 1884 1214 4.2 -4 -1.2 0 0 0
125 1829 1144 4.2 -3.2 -0.9 0 0 0
150 1775 1078 3.5 -2.2 -0.6 0 0 0
175 1722 1014 2.1 -1.2 -0.3 0 0 0
200 1671 955 0 0 0 0 0 0
225 1621 898 -2.9 1.2 0.4 0 0 0
250 1572 845 -6.6 2.5 0.7 0 0 0
275 1524 794 -11.1 3.9 1.1 0 0 0
300 1478 747 -16.7 5.3 1.5 0 0 0
325 1433 702 -23.2 6.8 2 0 0 0
350 1390 661 -30.8 8.4 2.4 0 0 0
375 1349 622 -39.5 10 2.9 0 0 0
400 1310 586 -49.4 11.8 3.4 0 0 0
425 1272 553 -60.5 13.6 4 0 0 0
450 1237 523 -73 15.5 4.5 0 0 0
475 1204 496 -86.9 17.5 5.1 0 0 0
500 1173 471 -102.4 19.5 5.7 0 0 0

 

[LoonWulf]

I shoot 150gr handloads from my SKS, but all i can get off the shelf here are 125s.
My gun shoots the 311/312 bullets better than the .310s. So the 150s PPUs (and 174smks i tried), do better than the over the counter 125s, and my 125gr handloads, but not by a lot.
My 150 handloads scratch 2300 from my 20" barrel.

 

[deputy bruce]

I am building an ar 15 with 7.62x39 I just needed feedback on you guys or gals that have shot the 154 gr bullet

 

[Mosin Bubba]

I've always thought that 154 gr bullets would make a lot more sense as hunting bullets for the x39 than 123 gr (for the same reason that people tend to go heavier with their 30-30 loads rather than lighter and faster), but I'll be damned if I can find any. All I've ever seen in that weight are the $5/box Tula not-a-hollowpoint hollowpoints, while all the premium ammo is 123gr. Is there a reason why that I'm missing here?

I'm also a bit surprised that there's no Buffalo Bore or boutique extra-pressure offerings for the x39 either. I figure there'd be some money to be made for a load that pushes a hot 154gr soft point closer to 30-30 velocity.

 

[LoonWulf]

Tula offers the 154 soft point, I've seen them here, but they arnt on the shelves right now.

 

[saiga308]

Tula offers the 154 soft point, I've seen them here, but they arnt on the shelves right now.

heres some wulfski https://www.centerfiresystems.com/p-60923-tulammo-762x39-sp-154gr-russian-mfg-120rds.aspx

 

[Toprudder]

I am building an ar 15 with 7.62x39 I just needed feedback on you guys or gals that have shot the 154 gr bullet

I just shot my x39 AR this past Saturday. (I've run probably 400 rounds through it so far, with no failures whatsoever.) I ran some Golden Tiger, Tula 154, and Fiocchi brass ammo through it, to compare accuracy. Unfortunately, I did not figure out until half way through that the red-dot mount was loose. The best group I shot was the last 4 rounds of Golden Tiger that I had left, and was about 2.5" @ 100. But, to be honest, I really need to put a scope on this rifle to compare accuracy, my old eyes need some magnification. I could not tell that the Tula 154 was any less accurate than the others. It fed and cycled the gun just as well as anything else.

In case it matters: PSA upper, Delton lower, H2 buffer, Lucid red-dot, C-Products mag.

 

[LoonWulf]

heres some wulfski https://www.centerfiresystems.com/p-60923-tulammo-762x39-sp-154gr-russian-mfg-120rds.aspx

I gotta get them off the shelf, can't order ammo from Hawaii.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

7.62x39mm 154gr in an AR upper (per opening post).

I had some misgivings about trying anything other than 122gr 123gr in my Yugo M70AB2. But the 154gr fed, fired, functioned and placed on target.

I am not sure that my experience with 154gr in a AK-style platform will translate to an AR.