MrTuffPaws
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Just took my M59 SKS to the range today. I am going to be going trough a lot of 7.62x39 here in the future. So, does the 7.62x39 have a name other than 7.62x39?
I thought 7.62x54R was 7.62 soviet
7.62x54R is still in military production today - longest serving military cartridge, bar none. 30-06 is militarily obsolete, like .45 ACP is also militarily obsolete, ie, neither being issued....I only think of 7.62x39 as ''Soviet'' because it is current - by comparison 7.62x54R is (for me) old/obsolete - milsurp etc....
30 caliber Russian Short
Or 7.62 Kurz