.308 in 7.62x39?

[migrant hunter]

Anyone loading .308 bulets in the commie x39 rounds? I've read a couple of articles aying it can be done with a slight loss in velocity. I'm curious as to what could be used to give the 7.62x39 a tougher projectile for deer sized game.

 

[tigger]

depending on your barrel I would suggest you would have better luck with 311 or 312 bullets made for the 303 brit, lots of them out there. As far as heavier bullets in a 7.62x39, I have no experience. Just know the bore on a 7.62 is a bit bigger than 308 typically.

 

[mwjones]

Might be hard to find decent bullets for...I've watched a buddy's frustration trying to find bullets for his m44 nagant. Barrel slugs at .315....

 

[Fassteel]

There is a great piece on this in Rimfire Central. Scroll down till you get to the centerfire section. William Harper is the man that seems to have a fair amount of Exp. with his CZ 527 Carbine in 7.62 x 39. FS

 

[sunray]

"....308 bullets..." Wrong diameter for an SKS. Might be ok in an older Mini-30. They had a .308" barrel at one time. Rumoured to be .311" now.
There's 150 grain Hornady SP data on Hodgdon's site. .312" diameter bullets. There might be COAL issues though.
"...watched a buddy's frustration..." Send him to Steve at .303british.com. He's making 200 grain .314" bullets, seasonally.

 

[rookie wildcat]

They fire fine. No noticeable loss of velocity. Actually, they swage up to the bore size it seems.
I have fired 200gr .308 RN GameKings in mine. I was developing a subsonic round that still packed a powerful punch. 1022 FPS, 15 gr Unique. It was beautiful, only, it didn't reliably cycle the action.
I fire .312 150's in mine all the time and it is not hard to get them. Trying 180's to see how they perform. Trying for a moose round to match just because I can.

 

[phishroy]

depending on your barrel I would suggest you would have better luck with 311 or 312 bullets made for the 303 brit.

This is where cast bullets would fit the bill nicely.

 

[tigger]

I would agree with the cast idea, depending on if the equipment is available, I have no idea where to buy them.

 

[ramhunter]

.308 works in a mini 30

i'm shooting .308's in my mini 30 and they work great.

but dont try the h4198 load in your sks's 53,000 psi....

ramhunter

 

[murat]

308 is 7.62 7.62x39 is really 7.82 I know there is 0.2 mill diffrence