Looking for details on 7.62 NATO used in a Mosin Nagant
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Travis Bickle
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If you did manage to set off a 7.62 NATO cartridge in a Mosin Nagant I think I'd rather take my chances in front of the gun instead of being the guy with his face behind the bolt pulling the trigger! lol
In the late 80's, I had an instructor in BMQ (aka boot camp) who told us that 7.62 NATO picked up off dead NATO soldiers could be used in Russian AK's. Even then, I knew that AK's used either 7.62x39 or 5.45x39. I had a hard time keeping my mouth shut on that one (laughing at an officer is usually NOT a good idea).
He was a 2nd Leftenant, if anyone's interested.
That said, 7.62 NATO would probably feed into a Mosin-Nagant, but I shudder to think how inaccurate a .308 bullet going down a .311-.312 barrel would be. Might be kind of hard to extract, since the 7.62x54r is a RIMMED cartridge and 7.62 NATO isn't (meaning the extractor probably won't grab the rim).
I've heard more than one person recount your BMQ story. Makes you wonder what the heck they're teaching to people and what their qualifications are.
One of the Canadian solders that served in Yugoslavia told me how they were shown how to use the 7.62x54r in the FN FAL chambered in 7.62x51. He said it was a single shot deal, but worked with out damaging the rifle. Apparently Canada is stingy with the ammo on a peace keeping mission.
Brutus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Complete and utter b@ll####!
Canada's rearmament program (SARP) was finalized well before the first of a few Former Yugoslavia adventures. (1993?)
When I was in Petawawa, the CAR was amongst some of the last units to receive the C7 in 1988. IIRC, our troops in Europe were amongst the first to replace thier FN rifles.
What you say here is impossible.
Plus sourcing ammunition out of regular supply circles is strictly forbidden and downright stupid, just like this thread!
Murphy works overtime. If a cartridge will chamber, it will sooner or later get shot in the wrong rifle, by accident.
Never mind the guys that do it on purpose, because they thought their 3006 was a 308, or that their 32Spl was a 30-30.
I own a lot of rifles where the same gun is available in several calibers, and I do a lot of shooting (3X a week for 50 years). I have managed to fire the wrong ammo in many guns, because i have the same model gun in multiple calibers.
I have shot 9mm in 40 S&W. 40 in 45ACP.
7x57 in 8x57
308 in 3006.
223 in 7.62x39
The pistol mix-ups happened by putting the wrong mag in the gun. It chambered the smaller round just fine and the extractor held the case against the bolt face well enough to get ignition.
The only mix up that had a satisfactory terminal result was the 308 in the 3006. It sounded just fine; recoiled like normal and put the bullet on target.
In the 7mm in a 8 mm rifle example, after the shooting session I wondered why I had 21 8mm empties and only 19 7mm. A study of the headstamps explained what had happened.
I have never fired a 308 in a 7.62x54R. They look so different, it is hard to imagine doing it by accident. And I don't have an example of any similar rifles chambered in both calibers.
Never mind the guys that do it on purpose, because they thought their 3006 was a 308, or that their 32Spl was a 30-30.
I own a lot of rifles where the same gun is available in several calibers, and I do a lot of shooting (3X a week for 50 years). I have managed to fire the wrong ammo in many guns, because i have the same model gun in multiple calibers.
I have shot 9mm in 40 S&W. 40 in 45ACP.
7x57 in 8x57
308 in 3006.
223 in 7.62x39
The pistol mix-ups happened by putting the wrong mag in the gun. It chambered the smaller round just fine and the extractor held the case against the bolt face well enough to get ignition.
The only mix up that had a satisfactory terminal result was the 308 in the 3006. It sounded just fine; recoiled like normal and put the bullet on target.
In the 7mm in a 8 mm rifle example, after the shooting session I wondered why I had 21 8mm empties and only 19 7mm. A study of the headstamps explained what had happened.
I have never fired a 308 in a 7.62x54R. They look so different, it is hard to imagine doing it by accident. And I don't have an example of any similar rifles chambered in both calibers.
