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7.62x39
      #32866 - 10/06/05 03:03 PM

what are 7.62x39 like on light game

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Marrakai
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Re: 7.62x39 [Re: 303]
      #32884 - 10/06/05 11:30 PM

The cartridge is quite capable on light game, but is no giant-killer. It does best with soft-points rather than the ex-mil FMJ ammo, which is best kept for target practice. The military ball ammunition can be spectacular on smaller quarry, but is unpredictable and will sometimes pass through without tumbling, resulting in a wounded animal.

My eldest daughter took her first boar with this cartridge, chambered in a Lee Enfield of my own conversion many years ago.



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Re: 7.62x39 [Re: 303]
      #32885 - 11/06/05 12:55 AM

I was curious about this caliber and bought a CZ 527 carbine last year to try it out as an all purpose varmint rifle that I could also take deer and feral hogs with. So far I have enjoyed excellent performance out of it. I took an average sized whitetail doe at 100 yards with it using Soviet (Wolf) soft point ammo. I forget the bullet weight. I took several coyotes out to 120 yards after mounting a 6X scope on it using the same ammo. Hide damage was minimal and I saw no difference in performance between it and my .223 Remington at that range. I go to Texas about every spring to hunt coyote, bobcat, Javelina and feral hogs. Ranges in the brush country (except tower shooting over a sendero) seldom exceed 100 yards. I took a 250-300 pound (estimate) feral hog boar with it using the Soviet hollow point bullet with a solid shoulder shot and put him right down. I really like this rig as an all-purpose varmint rifle that is capable of taking deer and feral hogs. I believe it is superior to the .223 out to 150 yards on game over 60 pounds. I also believe that for most varmint hunting that the .223 has about a 50 yard advantage over the 7.62X39 in the 200+ yard range. But at that range neither is as effective as many other rifles. It isn't a particularly well supported round by writers in the states because there is always something else that will do better... but as a compromise round which is very economical to shoot I have absolutely no complaints. When I go back to Texas next spring this rifle will be my choice. (Nice looking young lady!)

Edited by Plains99 (11/06/05 12:57 AM)

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Re: 7.62x39 [Re: Plains99]
      #32911 - 11/06/05 12:04 PM

Here's another example of the 7.62 x 39 at its best: a large trophy boar taken by my mate's son with a careful neck-shot. With this cartridge, shot placement is critical on tough game like that 120kg specimen: a shoulder-shot might not have produced the same result!




The cartridge is a lot more capable on smaller pigs like this one: another victim of the little 'smelly' carbine, and Nikki's steady trigger-finger!



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