Designed: 1943
Projectile: .30 Caliber
Fired from a 16" Barrel:
Weight - 123gr FMJ
Velocity - 2400 FPS
Energy - 1530 FT-LBF
The 7.62x39 cartridge is a very well known and used bullet from the common ak47 to the sks platform of rifles. The 7.62 or 30 caliber bullet has been around for a while, with some slight improvements to its design. The 7.62x39 really has spoken for its self threw the years as having one of the highest kill count out of any other round know to this date, same goes for the ak47. From personal use, I have found this round and is know to be a very good barrier breaker. There have been many tests on this bullet for its ballistic characteristics and have found that it doesn't do very much damage internally to the target. But even so, this round produces high trauma to the human or animal body that stops and puts the target down. This round can also be found in the hallow point, and causes extremely devastating wounds to anything in the bullets path. If you have thoughts of using this round for long range you might want to look at another bullet. There is nothing wrong with accuracy of this round, but it has a major drop after 200 yards that would make shooting long ranger very difficult. All in all the 7.62x39 is a very good and battle proven cartridge, and if you have any thoughts about getting a rifle chambered in this round, you wouldn't be disappointed.
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