Steel Core 7.62X39

Full steel core or steel tiped? Full steel core is quite rare AFAIK but steel tipped ammo is quite common. A lot of surplus ammo said to be "steel core" because magnets stick to it is actually just bimetal jacketed and has no steel core (tip or full length).
 
LUTNIT said:
Full steel core or steel tiped? Full steel core is quite rare AFAIK but steel tipped ammo is quite common. A lot of surplus ammo said to be "steel core" because magnets stick to it is actually just bimetal jacketed and has no steel core (tip or full length).
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I don't think I've ever heard of steel tipped ammo before, care to explain?

Here what I found in the backstop at my range after firing some 7.62x39 ( Czech and Chinese m43 ball surplus)and 54R( Russian silver tip surplus). If that's not steel cores then I don't know what is.
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Like boltonscouter said all m43 ( might be md43 also)marked crates is steel core wich most if not all is.
 
By steel tipped I mean the steel rod inside isn't the full length of the bullet; it goes from the tip to some point inside the body of the bullet. 5.56 NATO M62 green tip ammo is the one that comes to mind off the top of my head.
 
LUTNIT said:
Full steel core or steel tiped? Full steel core is quite rare AFAIK but steel tipped ammo is quite common. A lot of surplus ammo said to be "steel core" because magnets stick to it is actually just bimetal jacketed and has no steel core (tip or full length).
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Well, OK that hasn`t been my experience.

I have had the romanian and the M43 wood box stuff(CZ stuff), and because I plink with mine through seriously fun stuff, I have seen the metal core in everything I have ever purchased. It`s called the `steel penetrator` and it does an amazing job. I have 4x4 thick metal real estate stands where a 4x4 pressure treated goes in, and it goes in one side and makes it most of the way through to poke the back side.

Realistically I have maybe shot 1500 rounds of 2 different kinds, so I`m by no means the final word or anything.

But it was my understanding that most of it has this core design, I have not heard of a bi-metal jacket lead core round.

Good to learn about, thanks for the info.
 
There's no such thing as "steel-tipped" 7.62x39 ammo, only steel or lead cored. The steel cores can be either mild steel replacement for lead or hardened steel for penetration.
 
safety first said:
It`s called the `steel penetrator` and it does an amazing job. I have 4x4 thick metal real estate stands where a 4x4 pressure treated goes in, and it goes in one side and makes it most of the way through to poke the back side.

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The steel core is just mild steel, not specifically a "penetrator".

There are tracer and I believe there is an armour piercing incendiary round,



EDIT: found some interesting information.

7.62x39 with a hardened core, began production in 1989. The hardened core wasn't intended as a penetrator, it was intended to help the bullet break apart for greater wound characteristics.

An actual armour piercing bullet was developed in 2002. Designated -7N23

http://www.akfiles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119913
 
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LUTNIT said:
Full steel core or steel tiped? Full steel core is quite rare AFAIK but steel tipped ammo is quite common. A lot of surplus ammo said to be "steel core" because magnets stick to it is actually just bimetal jacketed and has no steel core (tip or full length).
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It's usually a large steel core with a lead plug in the bottom and sometimes surrounded by a thin lead coating. Quite a bit of the x39 have mild steel cores and steel jackets some just have steel jackets. If a magnet sticks try sectioning a bullet to see it's particular construction. So they aren't really full steel core but they are substantial.
 
I have lead cored Yugo and Romanian. the Romanian came from lebarons. Their stash was about 80% steel core and 20% lead core. There is a lettering code on the wooden crate that tells which is which. All my lead core is also brass cased. the lead core bullets have a bimetal jacket, so a magnet wills tick.
 
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