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Oreo · 06-09-2008, 09:37 PM

Well, in shopping for ammunition today, I realized that there are literally dozens of kinds of 7.62x39 ammunition available at any given time.

I've only been able to shoot four or five different brands through my Saiga, and of those have picked out a favorite... one that shoots the cleanest, is most accurate, most consistant, has good "punch" to it, and maybe most importantly, is a good bargain.

I'm curious as to what you all pick as your favorite ammo. This will by no means be a complete list, but I'll try and put as many choices as I can in the poll.

EDIT:
I voted for Barnaul, as I've put several hundreds of rounds of Silver Bear through my gun, and have yet to have a single issue. However, I today I came across some surplus ammo that was brass-cased, copper jacketed, and came in boxes that I can only describe as Chinese food take-out boxes. I'm not sure what country it's from, but I have a feeling this stuff will be great ammo. It's marked 13 and 88 on above and below the primer. The only thing I can think of is that it's Chinese, which would be marked "factory 13" and "1988"

blefferd · 06-09-2008, 10:24 PM

i think the only surplus 7.62 you can find on the market now days is the yugo brass from samco.

Oreo · 06-09-2008, 11:11 PM

Maybe, but I'm pretty sure I've seen other surplus ammo floating around in local shops from time to time. Not to mention the stuff I just bought today

**magnumize** · 06-10-2008, 03:27 AM

I chose Wolf cause that and White Tiger is all Ive shot thru my AK's.

**einheit 13** · 06-10-2008, 02:13 PM

I picked Barnual, because I have a bunch...
Wolf (military classic, black box) is the same stuff as Golden Tiger and Hot Shot. Both made by Tula.

Jesse James · 06-10-2008, 04:38 PM

all 7.62x39 is great in an AK

**einheit 13** · 06-10-2008, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jesse James

all 7.62x39 is great in an AK

Till you get watering eyes and burnt nostrils from Dynamit Nobel...I hate an ammonia smell

EricCartmann · 06-10-2008, 07:15 PM

AK ammo + AK iron sites = minute of man

This is pretty much set in stone for an AK so you might as well get the cheapest ammo that can reliably goes bang. I like Golden Tiger the best only because it has been good to me at the price I got it at, but I have tired pretty much all AK ammo, Wolf classic, Wolf BB, Norinco, Hungarian, Romanian, Silver Bear, Brown Bear, etc, and every single one of them went bang.

chrisxd45t · 06-10-2008, 07:19 PM

Swiss GP11 and Prvi Partizan, because Prvi is relatively cheap for good reusable brass.

**einheit 13** · 06-10-2008, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisxd45t

Swiss GP11 and Prvi Partizan, because Prvi is relatively cheap for good reusable brass.

uh, GP11 isn't 7.62x39....its 7.5 Swiss. Privi is also Wolf Gold and it is very good ammo.....

View Poll Results: Which 7.62x39 ammo is your favorite?
Surplus (any)	11	16.92%
Wolf (any)	25	38.46%
Barnaul (any)	3	4.62%
Hot Shot	1	1.54%
Golden Tiger	3	4.62%
Fiocchi	1	1.54%
Sellier & Bellot	1	1.54%
Winchester	10	15.38%
Remington	5	7.69%
Other (specify)	5	7.69%
Voters: 65. You may not vote on this poll

06-09-2008, 09:37 PM	#1
Oreo XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The new USSR Posts: 148	Favorite Ammunition Well, in shopping for ammunition today, I realized that there are literally dozens of kinds of 7.62x39 ammunition available at any given time. I've only been able to shoot four or five different brands through my Saiga, and of those have picked out a favorite... one that shoots the cleanest, is most accurate, most consistant, has good "punch" to it, and maybe most importantly, is a good bargain. I'm curious as to what you all pick as your favorite ammo. This will by no means be a complete list, but I'll try and put as many choices as I can in the poll. EDIT: I voted for Barnaul, as I've put several hundreds of rounds of Silver Bear through my gun, and have yet to have a single issue. However, I today I came across some surplus ammo that was brass-cased, copper jacketed, and came in boxes that I can only describe as Chinese food take-out boxes. I'm not sure what country it's from, but I have a feeling this stuff will be great ammo. It's marked 13 and 88 on above and below the primer. The only thing I can think of is that it's Chinese, which would be marked "factory 13" and "1988" __________________ "The society that separates its warriors from its scholars will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools." - Thucydides Support: - SCCC - 2nd Amendment Rights - US Armed Forces - GRPD - BPPD - SAPD Last edited by Oreo : 06-09-2008 at 09:56 PM.

06-09-2008, 10:24 PM	#2
blefferd XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 1,379	i think the only surplus 7.62 you can find on the market now days is the yugo brass from samco. __________________ SA XD 45GAP S&W 642 38SPL Glock 19 9mm Winchester Model 70 .308 Benelli Nova 12g Ruger 10/22 German K98 8MM New England Firearms Pardner 20g Norinco SKS 7.62x39 Polish TanTal 5.45x39 East German Markarov 9x18

06-09-2008, 11:11 PM	#3
Oreo XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The new USSR Posts: 148	Maybe, but I'm pretty sure I've seen other surplus ammo floating around in local shops from time to time. Not to mention the stuff I just bought today __________________ "The society that separates its warriors from its scholars will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools." - Thucydides Support: - SCCC - 2nd Amendment Rights - US Armed Forces - GRPD - BPPD - SAPD

06-10-2008, 03:27 AM	#4
magnumize XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ky Posts: 2,294	I chose Wolf cause that and White Tiger is all Ive shot thru my AK's. __________________ The enemy teaches their kids how to handle RPGs and Ak-47s...our schools suspend kids for drawing a picture of a gun and teach Earth Day and putting a Trojan on a banana. Whats wrong with this picture? Brickboy240

06-10-2008, 02:13 PM	#5
einheit 13 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Virginia, C.S.A. Posts: 5,535	I picked Barnual, because I have a bunch... Wolf (military classic, black box) is the same stuff as Golden Tiger and Hot Shot. Both made by Tula. __________________ Die Erde wird das sanfte erben! (the earth shall inherit the meek!) “It is the lack of will power, and not the lack of arms which render us incapable of offering any serious resistance.”

06-10-2008, 04:38 PM	#6
Jesse James XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: KY Posts: 281	any all 7.62x39 is great in an AK __________________ XD40SC, XD9SC, G19 Five-Seven, PS90, Berreta 92 FSDS, Walther P22, BAYARD 1908 (32acp), RG 15 (.22 S.L.L.R), Davis Ind D38 (.38spl) Colt Python (1964, .357), Ruger Blackhawk (.357) S&W 36-1 (38spc), H&R 929 (.22), Browning BPS Stalker (12ga), Mossberg 500 (12ga), Wards (410ga), Winchester Model 70 (30-06), Marlin 336CS (30-30), Savage Mark II (.17mach2), Springfield 87A (.22), Stevens 87D (.22), CZ VZ24 (8mm),

06-10-2008, 07:15 PM	#8
EricCartmann XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: My Mom's Basement Posts: 1,398	AK ammo + AK iron sites = minute of man This is pretty much set in stone for an AK so you might as well get the cheapest ammo that can reliably goes bang. I like Golden Tiger the best only because it has been good to me at the price I got it at, but I have tired pretty much all AK ammo, Wolf classic, Wolf BB, Norinco, Hungarian, Romanian, Silver Bear, Brown Bear, etc, and every single one of them went bang.

06-10-2008, 07:19 PM	#9
chrisxd45t XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Monterey/San Jose California Posts: 1,203	Swiss GP11 and Prvi Partizan, because Prvi is relatively cheap for good reusable brass. __________________ LEGALIZE FREEDOM

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