5.45x39 XCR-L Conversion Kits

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Ladies, Gentlemen and others, we are happy to announce that the 5.45x39 caliber is now going to be an available conversion kit for the XCR-L. These conversion kits will work on all of the XCR-L family out there and will give you a chance to shoot the round made famous the AK-74.

These kits will be retailing for the same price as the other kits. We are taking preorders on these right now with a $200.00 deposit for a spring 2014 delivery.

Hornady makes ammo for this little round as well and we also have some of that in stock.

Any questions or to place an order just give us a phone call or drop us an email at sales@wolverinesupplies.com

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Steiner said:
Would the 5.45x39 cartridge use the 223/5.56 AR mags?
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YOu need the 7.62x39 AR mags. Apparantly some 5.56 mags will work with a reduced capacity but they can have feeding issues. The Armalite 5/30 and the XCR 10 round pistol mags hold a full capacity load of the 5.56x45, AR 5.56 mags do not and the rounds feel sticky when trying to remove them (I have been experimenting here).
 
Grumpy Wolverine said:
YOu need the 7.62x39 AR mags. Apparantly some 5.56 mags will work with a reduced capacity but they can have feeding issues. The Armalite 5/30 and the XCR 10 round pistol mags hold a full capacity load of the 5.56x45, AR 5.56 mags do not and the rounds feel sticky when trying to remove them (I have been experimenting here).
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Thanks for checking into that. Either was is fine, I just wasn't in the know of which mag to use with the 5.45x39.
 
This is a novelty without cheap surplus to go with it.

I'd love a 5.45 kit for my XCR, but not if it costs as much as Wolf or Tulammo .223 to shoot it.
 
Stevo said:
This is a novelty without cheap surplus to go with it.

I'd love a 5.45 kit for my XCR, but not if it costs as much as Wolf or Tulammo .223 to shoot it.
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I wouldn't say it's a novelty, there are lots of people who don't shoot surplus 7.62x39 through their rifles, they go with the hornady or the MFS etc. It boils down to what each person wants or needs this caliber for.
 
Stevo said:
This is a novelty without cheap surplus to go with it.

I'd love a 5.45 kit for my XCR, but not if it costs as much as Wolf or Tulammo .223 to shoot it.
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I don't shoot corrosive surplus out of my XCR, and with the real non-corrosive surplus gone, the choices are somewhat limited. Barnaul (~33 cents a round), MFS (~50 cents a round).

Wolverine's price on the Hornady ammo isn't bad - in line with .223.

If you have an XCR in 7.62x39 and want a bit more accuracy, I could see going for this over .223 - the advantage being it will use the 7.62x39 AR mags.

Having said that, cheap non-corrosive surplus would make it awesome.
 
Grumpy Wolverine said:
I wouldn't say it's a novelty, there are lots of people who don't shoot surplus 7.62x39 through their rifles, they go with the hornady or the MFS etc. It boils down to what each person wants or needs this caliber for.
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You're right. But 5.45 isn't significantly different from .223, performance wise. Without something to differentiate it from .223, it seems somewhat pointless.

That said, if we didn't face the Canadian price penalty for new production 5.45 (available in the US for under $0.30 a round), or had surplus 5.45 available for under $0.20 a round, I'd be all over one of these uppers.
 
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