Maximum dangerous range of 7.62X39

Look at 30/30 data and if it's not there just treat it like 30/06 and you'll be ok.

Or forget that and just shoot into berms, or other clearly identified and intended objects like deer.
 
I've seen combat scopes from Russia are calibrated to a maximum of 400 yards.
But I have no doubt a 7.62x39 bullet could still kill you at much further distances.

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Last year I watched a documentary on A-stan with a bunch of cameramen standing on a hill top several KM away and above from a major battle, and a stray 7.62x39 bullet took out one of the cameraman. :eek:
 
Calum said:
I've seen combat scopes from Russia are calibrated to a maximum of 400 yards.
But I have no doubt a 7.62x39 bullet could still kill you at much further distances.
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And would this be if fired at a high angle of elevation? From what I understand, drop on 7.63X39 is 700+ inches at 1000 yards. I'd think that one fired on a horizontal trajectory would drop out of the air around 600 yards, no?
 
rdelliott said:
And would this be if fired at a high angle of elevation? From what I understand, drop on 7.63X39 is 700+ inches at 1000 yards. I'd think that one fired on a horizontal trajectory would drop out of the air around 600 yards, no?
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I'd say your correct.
 
Bullets will actually penetrate deeper the slower they are going (to an extent of course). They need velocity to mushroom/fragment, if the velocity isn't there, they just punch neat little holes right through. I'd say as long as it's stable, it's dangerous.....probably down to around 800-900fps.
 
Hitzy said:
Bullets will actually penetrate deeper the slower they are going (to an extent of course). They need velocity to mushroom/fragment, if the velocity isn't there, they just punch neat little holes right through. I'd say as long as it's stable, it's dangerous.....probably down to around 800-900fps.
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120 grains @ 800FPS would still be very lethal!
 
Calum said:
Last year I watched a documentary on A-stan with a bunch of cameramen standing on a hill top several KM away and above from a major battle, and a stray 7.62x39 bullet took out one of the cameraman. :eek:
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i recall seeing on TV over a decade ago where dozens of lebanese were reported killed (over a mile away) by palestinians leaving the country, hundreds were shooting their AKs up in the air in a victory parade.:ar15:
 
Its cool to believe that you can have authority at those very, very long ranges. A sniper rifle turns you into an eagle lol.
 
ben hunchak said:
50-60yds. if it will function and one can hit the target.
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You meant 500-600yds, right? Heck, even I can hit a target at 50-60yds.

As for function - I took a few non-shooters to the range a few weeks ago and put 400 rounds through mine in 2 hours without a single FTE or FTF. Had to wait 1/2 hour for the barrel to cool before I could put it in the case (s'alright - took that long for three of us to police all the brass). So....yeah, it *should* function ok.
 
rdelliott said:
And would this be if fired at a high angle of elevation? From what I understand, drop on 7.63X39 is 700+ inches at 1000 yards. I'd think that one fired on a horizontal trajectory would drop out of the air around 600 yards, no?
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Note that 700 inches at 1000 yards is equivalent to 1.1 degrees...hardly a high angle of elevation.
 
Russian AK-47 manuals say that effective range is 400 meters, I guess no diference for SKS, mazzle speed is about 2400 fps
 
Back in the good old days when I used to take down and up an AKM at school for 17 seconds, we learned that the longest aimed shot from an AKM was under 1 mile and the bullet remained deadly up to 1.7 miles. That applied to standard issue ball military ammo.
 
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svt-40 said:
How can it be 400 m when the longest shot on a body sized target is 525?
The site is graduated to 1000 m for a reason.
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That what I read in Russian manuals, not something I took from my head...
1000 m with iron sights..ha ha ha...good luck with it... I'm pretty sure that bullet will fly more then 1000 m but....effective range is 400m when y actually might hit the target using iron sights.

Here we go:

Designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov
Designed 1945
Specifications
Weight 3.85 kg (8 lb 8 oz)
Length 1021 mm (40.2 in)
Barrel length 521 mm (20.5 in)

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Cartridge 7.62x39mm
Action Short stroke gas piston, tilting bolt, self-loading
Rate of fire Semi-automatic
Muzzle velocity 735 m/s (2,410 ft/s)
Effective range 400 m (433 yd)
Feed system 10-round internal box magazine, 10-round stripper clip-fed or individual round loading
Sights Hooded post front sight, tangent notch rear sight to 1,000 meters
 
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