AR question

[bigmike]

For those of you that have experiance with ar's in 762x39 how was the performance & accuracy ? Thx

[TacticalCowboy]

I've always read that they can have mag issues. I've only seen one being shot and it didn't run very well.

[yanta61]

mine runs fine and is pretty accurate. Most of the ammo has the harder primers and some of the lighter triggers wont set it off.

[coop]

I acquired a 7.62X39 upper last week. I placed it on a PSE lower with a CMC 3.5 lb trigger and took it out to site it in. I discovered that approximately 20% of my ammo failed to fire. The strike mark looked good but they didn't fire. I used TulAmmo, Hot Shot and Wolf ammo with all having about the same number of ftf. The upper sited in easily and even I could maintain a 4" group @ 100 yards with a Magpul peep.

I went back today and took my sks which fired every round that failed to fire in the AR. I also took some Red Army, Hornady and Monarch ammo. THe Hornady had zero fail to fire, the Monarch had zero fail to fire but the Red Army had a 10% fail to fire.

All total I fired around 250 rounds with zero feed or eject problems and was very satisfied with the performance of the rifle. It just seems I need to be careful about what ammo to use with my light trigger.

JC

[bigmike]

Thx guys

[1shot]

My dad had one. He said he never had a miss fire but he also installed a longer firing pin from the beginning.

[softpoint]

I have one. I think it is a Shaw barrel. I use the C products magazines Mine has never had any feeding issues. With my handloads it will shoot right at an inch at 100 yards, with a scope. I think it is a very good caliber in an AR

[coop]

mine runs fine and is pretty accurate. Most of the ammo has the harder primers and some of the lighter triggers wont set it off.

Do you have problems with the harder primers? If not, what trigger are you using if you don't mind me asking.

JC

[Buckwheat]

My dad and a buddy of ourd both have one. And they shoot great. No FF or FTL. I just ordered an upper yesterday. I can't wait. Both of theres shoot the Hornady 123 gr sst great.

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[Zen Archery]

Had issues with mine loading consistently and got a blackout.
My buddy loves his but can only use 1 magazine that operates/functions properly.
He only uses brass ammo. Steel is 50/50 chance.

[TexMax]

Close enough to the blk that it's not worth messing with bolts and mags. If you really want/need a better ar with the extra hassel the 6.5 rocks it, so does the 6.8.

[snipermedic]

I like the hybrids with the ak mags. Those are made to run. People to build regular ars that run fine. But it takes extras to get it reliable. Bolts firing pins springs and good mags.

Yes the ballistics are very close to the 300blk. But you can use same mags as 5.56 but you can also open yours self up for trouble. Also unless some one starts making steel case 300blk you can buy 3-4 boxes of 7.62x39 to one of the cheapest boxes of 300blk. So yes the 7.62x39 is very much worth looking into if you plan on doing a lot of shooting.