Worth getting a rifle in 7.62x39 anymore?

[retrieverman]

How is it suppressed vs. the Blackout?

Are you shooting subsonic ammo?

 

[bushmaster06]

thanks to the current administration Russian surplus will be dry for the foreseeable future. If you want one now is the time to get one for sure though. There’s supposed to be some Turkish imports coming soon but who knows. Hornady and federal are loading some options. Sadly the days of cheap spam cans are over.

The Turk steel x39 is available now. It's labeled as TelaAmmo. Also, PSA is getting ready to fire up their steel-cased line.

 

[Perplexed]

Are you shooting subsonic ammo?

Isn’t that the purpose, with a suppressor? I’ve heard Blackout is great with that combo, so I wondered how 39 stacked up in that regard.

 

[bushmaster06]

How is it suppressed vs. the Blackout?

Subs suppress well out of my KS-47, supers suppress better than 5.56. I really like the PPU subs over the Brown Bear.

 

[retrieverman]

Isn’t that the purpose, with a suppressor? I’ve heard Blackout is great with that combo, so I wondered how 39 stacked up in that regard.

Yes sir, that’s what “I” think is the purpose of a suppressor, but every single person I know that has a suppressor still shoots supersonic ammo.

 

[mr ed]

How is it suppressed vs. the Blackout?

I use almost the same exact load. powder/bullet in both. 10gr h110/ 245gr missouri cast bullet
designed a better suppressor that handles the cheap wolf/tula very well
my x39's go to the range and 300bo's sit in the safe now.

 

[Perplexed]

I use almost the same exact load. powder/bullet in both. 10gr h110/ 245gr missouri cast bullet
designed a better suppressor that handles the cheap wolf/tula very well
my x39's go to the range and 300bo's sit in the safe now.

Maybe I should have said: how do the suppressed calibers compare, using off-the-shelf factory suppressors and factory subsonic ammo? No reloads or customization.

 

[GnometownHero]

I built a 7.62x39 upper for my AR kit. It runs smooth and accurate. 154gr Tula ammo is awesome accuracy out of it.
I bought a set of dies and a bag of brass and load 125gr sp factory 2nd bullets I got from Midway over Varget with good results

 

[cboss]

Well, I ended up getting the Zastava in 7.62x39. If I end up liking the AK platform, I may get another one in 5.56.

 

[Chief Sapulpa]

Russian Brown Bear 7.62x39 subsonic, 196 grain ammo will not cycle the action of my Mini Thirty nor KR-103.
Hornady has a subsonic 7.62x39 that claims it will work in semi-autos but I've not tried it; https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/7.62x39-255-gr-sub-x-subsonic#!/