Next cartridge to become obsolete?

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7.62.x39??

well as much as anyone doesn't want to hear it I could see 7.62x39 be increasingly less popular in the next few years. When Billary gets elected some sort of importation ban on ammunition could make the good cheap stuff like wolf become very hard to find. I don't see that cartridge being very popular if everyone has to buy 12 dollar boxes of shells to shoot from american made ammunition. I have a wasr-10 and that thing sure loves to go through the rounds and is fun to shoot but I don't think I could afford to shoot as much as I'd like if I had to buy some over priced american made ammo instead of the commie steel case stuff
 
I predict that the massive arms manufacturers of AK style rifles will replace the 7.62x39 with the 6.5 Grendel or a slightly changed knock-off of the 6.5 Grendel in the next 10 years. It may be the 7.62x39 case necked down to 6.5 mm to use in existing 7.62 magazines and rifles with only a barrel change for the manufacturing process (this case would be slightly different than 6.5 Grendel cases).

The 7.62x39 has nothing going for it in wounding capability or long range ballistics. The change to 6.5mm would give long range capability with the fragmentation of 5.56 rounds as well as save the low cost manufacturers some raw material cost in bullets. It only makes sense that they switch.

So...7.62x39 going away!
 
The only issue might be the SAAMI specs for that, Reginhild. 7.62x39mm generates a lower pressure than most modern cartridges, and an upgrade in how the weapon is made might be necessary.

Plus, you have the AK-74. And a switch to using the 5.45x39mm rounds makes much more sense for AK manufacturers than any 6.5 Grendel loading.

JMHO
 
So...7.62x39 going away!
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Oh Puhleeeze:rolleyes:

Theres 50 million AK-47's out there not to mention SKS type rifles and yes even Mini-30's
Cheap 7.62x39 may be vanishing but the cartridge itself will be around for a long long time
 
Obsolete cartridge?

How about the 41 Long Colt (mentioned earlier)? I would sure like to find some. Well, I suppose it is Already a gonner, so not relevant to the discussion.
 
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So...7.62x39 going away!

Oh Puhleeeze

Theres 50 million AK-47's out there not to mention SKS type rifles and yes even Mini-30's
Cheap 7.62x39 may be vanishing but the cartridge itself will be around for a long long time
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It is I tell you! :what:
 
"I wouldn't mind seeing a 10mm revival either. Especially if it gets a 10mm XD onto the market, and maybe a 10mm carbine. Bonus points if it uses the same mags." Posted by http://thehighroad.org/member.php?u=22740

it would be realy cool if it could take 10mm and .40 s&w it would be fun because not only could you hunt with the 10mm but plink and practise with the .40s&w. imagen instead of a ruger pc4 or a pc9 a pc10 i would buy it
 
How about the 41 Long Colt (mentioned earlier)? I would sure like to find some. Well, I suppose it is Already a gonner, so not relevant to the discussion.
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I think the last run of .41 Long Colt Winchester factory ammo was in the late 1970s. I had bought the last two boxes of my local dealer's stock for my Colt Army Special. Too bad. Nice shooting pistol, that was.

Currently, Buffalo Arms has some loaded ammunition, but it's pricey stuff!


http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/4,4169.htm
 
"I also think Glock itself could fade a bit unless they start innovating with new designs."


:what: You are kidding, Right?




I've always wanted a Glock 23 sized .45. I was one of the first in my county to get a G38. It is by far the most comfortable semi I've ever owned, and super accurate.




"I also think Glock itself could fade a bit unless they start innovating with new designs."


Man I hope you were kidding.:scrutiny:
 
Baha! The .45 ACP?

Let me clarify, that .45 ACP stands for America's Combat Pistol! Psych! It will be a cool day in Hades before the mighty .45 ACP is gone. :p

Seriously now, define obsolete, meaning no longer made. I would have say none. There is a dramatic increase in firearms interest. I actually believe that there will be a renaissance of a few former obsolete ones. Just my 2 cents, but I pray that I am correct for the sake of my favorite sport.

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dont see much from this round and i think its dying fast. i know some still use it but its reaching its extinction. just my .02
 
5.45x39mm. Who needs it anymore?

The Russian AK makers and others are already cranking out rifles in 5.56 NATO and 7.62 NATO.

What's the point of an overly complicated round that doesn't offer performance or ballistic results as good as 5.56, when they're making rifles to use the NATO standard stuff?
 
.17 HMR, .223, 7.62 x 39, 30-06?

Are you guys crazy?:what:

Next someone will claim my 30 Remington will become obsolete:)
 
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So are 7mm remington and 43 Egyptian obsolete? I sure can't find them anywhere, and I don't think anyone makes weapons for them.

7.65x54 Argentine/7.65x53 Belgian/7.65ARG can also be a pain to find, (Graf & Sons sells it,) and there are plenty of Argie Mausers out there, but I definitely call it obsolete. I was given mine but there's no reason short of curio to choose it.

I think .30-'06 is also technically obsolete, (Though obviously ot in the sense of manufacture,) but it is still an excellent and traditional round that isn't going anywhere anytime soon. "Ain't broke, don't fix it" is going to give this round another hundred years, I imagine.
 
Hello...6mm Remington?

I couldn't believe my eyes when no one bothered mentioning the doomed-from-the-start 6mm Remington. It's still managing to hang on; chambered in the Remington 700 and the Ruger M77, but it lost the race to the wildly popular (but some would say ballistically inferior) .243 Winchester decades ago. The fact that no one mentioned the thing just proves how out of the spotlight it is. It will soldier on in cartridge sales just to feed the old guns out there, but there's no real future for it. Too bad.
 
I believe because of modern manufacturing techniques and the large number of firearm and ammo manufacturers out there it is much harder for caliber to become obsoloete. 20 years ago if a round failed it would be gone withing a year and become an option for only handloaders. That being said if I had to pick a obsolete round it would be one of thr WSSM rounds. I don't believe winchester is producing bolt actions at this time and I doubt any other companies are going to keep it alive.
 
Let me clarify, that .45 ACP stands for America's Combat Pistol! Psych! It will be a cool day in Hades before the mighty .45 ACP is gone.
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I personally have enough .45 ACP brass to keep the cartridge alive well into the next decade and beyond:neener:
 
Hello...6mm Remington?

I mentioned it on page 9, but I think it bears repeating. :D
But I'm glad it isn't obsolete. Yet. :uhoh:
 
i'd have to say the 300 remington ultra mag is next. i have one and absolutely love it. but at 45$ for the cheapest box of ammo at the gun store, its dying quickly. reloading is the only way to go. fed & rem are the only two makers out there loading it and if popularity doesn't rise, i'll say they ax it in five years or so
 
You guys are hurting my feelings talking lowly about my sweetheart round-the venerated 30-06 or 06 as most say. Cannot imagine it ever leaving the scene.
--"The AK is a squared-off beer can"--it may be but they will be around longer than we will be. When something works, why mess with it?
The 220 Swift may be vanishing as I do not see them much anymore. Some of the Weatherby rounds will probably vanish from the popular counters. wc
 
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