Why is there a shortage of 7.62x39 Russian ammunition?
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It is only made in china now.
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The .308 Norma Mag. is not currently loaded by the big U.S. ammo companies, but it is available from Norma. Norma factory loads for the .308 Magnum drive a 200 grain Vulkan bullet to a muzzle velocity (MV) of 2903 fps and muzzle energy (ME) of 3744 ft. lbs. At 200 yards the velocity is 2361 fps and the kinetic energy is 2476 ft. lbs.\n\nNaturally, the .308 Norma is at its best with the slower burning powders. Reloaders can essentially equal the Norma factory load, and have access to many more bullet weights. Loading data can be found in most of the major reloading manuals.\n\nAccording to the 26th edition of the Hodgdon Data Manual the .308 Mag. can drive a 150 grain bullet to a MV of 3090 fps with 79.0 grains of H1000 powder, and 3279 fps with 83.0 grains of H1000. A 165 grain bullet can be driven to MV of 2939 fps by 75.0 grains of H1000 powder, and 3123 fps by 79.0 grains of H1000. A 180 grain bullet can achieve a MV of 2769 fps in front of 72.0 grains of H1000 powder, and 2940 fps in front of 76.0 grains of the same powder. Hodgdon reports a pressure of 51,900 cup for the latter load. Velocities for all of the above loads were measured in a 26" barrel.\n\nThe sixth edition of the Hornady Handbook shows that their potent 220 grain InterLock bullet can be driven at a MV of 2300 fps by 60.5 grains of RL-25 powder, and to a MV of 2800 fps by a maximum charge of 75.1 grains of RL-25. The latter is 100 fps faster than the top velocity attainable with this bullet in the .300 Rem SAUM, .300 WSM, or .300 Win. Magnum. These Hornady loads used Norma brass, WLRM primers, and were tested in a rifle with a 24" barrel.\n\nThe reloader will find that the .308 Norma will handle bullets heavier than 180 grains every bit as well as (or better than) the .300 Win. Magnum, and considerably better than the new short .300 WSM and .300 Rem. SAUM cartridges. Due to its combination of standard length, a longer neck than most of its competitors, and excellent Norma brass, the .308 Norma Magnum may be the all-around best .300 Magnum cartridge for the dedicated reloader.
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There are some revolvers in mass production that use rifle rounds in them.  While they are firing a 45-70 rifle cartridge they are still hand guns and give repeat shot capability.  Link below will give you more info on this gun.
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Here you go: http://www.bobtuley.com/terminal.htm\n\nIt is the one that says 7.62 x 39 (AK-47).\n\n\nGood luck!
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In the past, Baikal shotguns have had limited importation into the U.S. 1993 marked the first year that Baikals were officially (and legally) imported into the U.S. because of Russia's previous export restrictions domestically. In prior years, however, a few O/Us have been seen for sale and have no doubt been imported into this country one at a time. Currently produced Baikals are noted for their high quality at low-level costs.
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Bad powder load.\n\nUsually not enough powder -- the projectile could get stuck in the barrel causing excessive pressure and the barrel to burst or bulge. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CLEAR IT BY FIRING AGAIN!!!\n\nMay also mean too much also called a "hot" load - too much could cause too much pressure in the barrel and cause it to burst or bulge.\n\nBe Safe!
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At on point in time, most people made there own ammunition.  If you need the ammo enough, you use any available metal.
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Bound's hubby here:\n\nThose numbers reflect the number of 100s of meters for elevation for the "issued" cartridge. These are "ball park" figures, since rifles and ammunition have a certain degree of latitude in production tolerances, but those numbers, when using the appropriate "service ammo" WILL put you on paper!
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best option for that one is to check with a good reloading manual- loads can be so twitchy when you fiddle with them that I have gotten to where I only rely on S.A.A.M.I. member commercial info (at least then you can blame somebody else for screw ups)- I did up some .45 APC with a recommended load (non-manual), and wound up with split cases on 3 of 3 shots- scary!
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The weapons were moved to Syria by Russian convoys.It will all come out at a later date.It is very incriminating for France,Russia and China so the wraps are on.
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Some guy in Australia just invented a gun which fires one million rounds in a minute, or over 15,000 each second (its called Metal Storm and it's nuts).\nTrust me, bullets will be around for a while.
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We didn't give them to Saddam.  Somebody sold them to Saddam, so he could use them against whomever he wished.  Then they were blown up so he could buy more.  And of course we had to buy more all the time as well.  Somebody is making a "killing" in all this alright.  And they don't want to change this formula that has worked for so long down through the ages.  I think they call it "business as usual."  It is time we all woke up to this game you are calling attention to, and put an end to it.\nYou bet they will be armed, even if they ask us to leave!  An arms dealer never met a client he didn't like doing business with.  And they may well be used against us yet again in the not to far distant future.  It is a most disgusting practice.
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Unhappy.\nHowever there are many different and important factors to keep in mind. The 556 is a small round. Its actually a 22 caliber round.  It is very light weight. Much less then the 7.62x51 (308 winchester). However the 556 is meant to be fired at full auto. The 7.62x51 (by which i will refer to as the 308) is much heavier much more powerful and has too much recoil for full auto. The 308 is still used as a sniper round, even though several others are much better, such as 30-06, or several other (e-mail me and i will tell you why they use the 308) and the 308 is the ammo used for the M240 light machine gun. the 208 is the perfect round for the light machine gun. Say any different and my brother will mix words with you. \nWhatever the government says, the 556 was designed to penetrate soviet body armor. It mushrooms when passing through body armor and actaully has more shock value (due to increased surface area) despite going through the armor. It takes too many hits to take down an opponet and wastes too much ammo. Its really a shame, because there are civial loads of 556 (teachnically 223, because they are on the civilan market) that have much heavier bullets and have far greater stopping power.\n\nthe 6.8 is too dangerous.  Say you are a Marine Force Reacon guy, or Amry Ranger and you are shooting these great 6.8 bullets and killing every enemy. No problem, right? But wait.... You have run out of ammo. you can not resupply from friendly troops, and no one has 6.8 anywhere. You are screwed.  \n\n6.8 is battering M16's to death too. its way too powerful for the gas operating systems and the recievers.\nIf we had new guns built to stronger tolerances then 6.8 would really be great.
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im a retire major in russian red army,ak47 was made between 60 to 85 millions including rpk machines gun and other variants.
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The OICW project was can celled when it became apparent that it would be impossible to get the weight of the weapon down to a level where it would become a practical combat rifle.\n\nIt was replaced by the XM8 rifle that was itself canceled because the troops in the field demanded that the 5.56mm round be replaced with a more modern bullet.
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I just think there pu ssies.  How did the french market there surplus world war 2 rifles???  Never fired only dropped once!
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The Ak47 was used by th soviets, and most breakaway contries in that region were the old soviet union. It is also the most widly produced, durable, inexpensive weapon there is. Just look at it like this, i have used one. i poured a handful of sand right into the chamber with it open. fired, no problem.