fat tony
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Someone posted about new PP ammunition that is soft point round nose in 7.62X39. The 9X39 mm was designed as a short to intermediate range police sniping rifle for use in Russia & the former USSR member states. Of course, the fancy military projectiles would not be available for us civvies across the pond, but this would be a very much more interesting caliber than the 6.8mm Grendel imo.
An Asian / militarized version of the .35 Remington if you will.
Military / police loads:
Military / police projectiles:
A link with some better information on the 9X39 mm military / police loadings:
http://gunsru.ru/rg_patron_9x39_eng.html
Another picture showing the SP5 load:
Looks like it would be a reloading only proposition assuming you could even get the chamber dimensions from any source.
With a 250 grain lead or jacketed bullet I am guessing it would have similar ballistics to a .35 Remington, maybe a little slower. Why? Of course it would be far simpler to get a factory gun in .35 Remington, just a fun idea to kick around in your head.
An Asian / militarized version of the .35 Remington if you will.
Military / police loads:
Military / police projectiles:
A link with some better information on the 9X39 mm military / police loadings:
http://gunsru.ru/rg_patron_9x39_eng.html
Another picture showing the SP5 load:
Looks like it would be a reloading only proposition assuming you could even get the chamber dimensions from any source.
With a 250 grain lead or jacketed bullet I am guessing it would have similar ballistics to a .35 Remington, maybe a little slower. Why? Of course it would be far simpler to get a factory gun in .35 Remington, just a fun idea to kick around in your head.
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