7.62x39 with 125 nosler BT

[Deerhunter#1]

Has anyone tried these in the 7.62 handi. Now the are a little under diameter at .308 but if they fly well it would relly increse this guns performance with there high BC.

[quickdtoo]

To follow up on the last time you asked...http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php?topic=243842.msg1099402552#msg1099402552 read this thread....

Tim


http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,109683.msg1098328568.html#msg1098328568

Check this thread out where I did some testing with a 7.62x39 with various bullet diameters. In short with my .310 barreled CZ527 there is NO diffrencd in group sizes between shootin .308 and .311 diameter bullets.

http://www.gunboards.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=151420

I POSTED THIS PREVIOUSLY ELSEWHERE

It's been pretty hotly contested as to how much diffrence there is between loading 7.62x39 using .308 bullets vs .310-.311 so here it is. I tested this  and here are the results.

The rifle is a CZ527 carbine topped with a 3x9x40 redfield accutrac scope. The bore measures .300 land to land and .3105 in the grooves

The ammo was loaded with 150 gr Sierre soft points 10 rds of .308 and 10 rds of the same bullet sized .311. Cases were Remington CCI 400 , The powder was 23.5grs of Re-7 with a COL of 2.310

It was about 65 degrees today with a light varible breeze of 15 mph

Shot string 1
.308 bullets

1851
1826
1852
1827
1846
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Shot string 2
.311 bullets

1935
1904
1937
1912
1925
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Shot string 3
.311 bullets

1953
1888 !?
1915
1932
1925
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shot string 4
.308 bullets

1852
1855
1869
1844
1873

All velocities were taken at 25 feet.

As you can see there is very little diffrence in group size. About the only real measurable diffrence in using the .308 dia bullets is that they are somewhat slower in the FPS department.

Of course your mileage may vary.