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Hiya guys,
I have no experience with this round and have just acquired a single shot Baikal in 7.62x39 as a cut down 100-150m open sighted bush rifle.
My question to you more knowledgeable folks who may have used this hunting is:
Which is the best hunting ammo that you have come across?
Look forward to hearing your thoughts,
Regards,
JK
Just thought I would add a comment of
"I know bush shots are generally less than 25-50m and it would be paradise to see 150m where I hunt"! lol
I had good results with Barnaul in my old one and Hornady does a SST that seemed to work well too. Sellior and Bellot is another inexpensive brand that worked well. As it is a single shot, I also had some handloads done that were 150gr 303 projectiles with a hotter powder load that got slightly higher velocities than the std load. The action can handle the jandal as it is also chambered in 308, 30/06 and 270 but it is the brass that becomes the limiting factor...
Even saw one of these 7.62x39s rechamberd into 303 British....Very tempted to try that one .....
Thanks for that, I will have a look at the European stuff as I was told it doesnt like steel cased ammo.
I use Highland 123gr PSP brass cased, (or PPU as I think it is currently branded). Drops deer and goats cleanly. I highly recommend it. Gives you good brass for future reloading as well.
I have a box of the Hornady steel cased SST's but my AR7.62x39 wont hit the primer hard enough for detonation so have been unable to test it on game.
what ever ammo its most accurate with
There's some top bloke selling a bunch of the Highland SP for 25% less than retail here:
http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...sp-ammo-32273/
Buy the Highland!Quote:
Originally Posted by stretch
If I didn't have 3,000 rounds of it stashed I would be all over it.
Are you awaiting the zombie apocalypse :PQuote:
Originally Posted by hotbarrels
I consider it an 'investment'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pengy
It was so cheap at the time [compared to mill surp and other hunting grade ammo] that I couldn't go past it. At the time, .223 pricing had gone through the roof, and my theory is, if I had to, I could lob it at rabbits :thumbsup:
If only we had all had the foresight and money to have purchased a container load of .223 before the price rocketed we could have each self funded a year off work to go hunting :sarge:
$/kg, $100,000 invested in .223 ammo would have yielded significantly higher returns than gold ......... provided you can keep it away from your magazines ......
I wonder if that top bloke would be in need of a Welder at all?Quote:
Originally Posted by stretch
http://http://www.nzhuntingandshooti...e-trade-32394/
Lol :thumbsup:
A welder is too far down my list of shit I want but don't need, sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny ketchup
id try 123gn sst's
Highland or PPU
wont touch that stuff again after finding a piece of case folded over with a hunk about 2mm square extra that was inside neck area..we discovered it after firing...hate to think what pressue was like on that round.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
the hornady SSTs work very very well on large wallabies...so should be great on goats/fallow
we havent found a round that the bakail didnt like and it too will handle .308 dia reloads ok.
the steel cased hornady would be a good place to start.
so far Ive killed deer with it using
150grn silvertip reloads
125grn 30/30 sierra reloads
125grn nosler ballistic tips
150grn old school coreloct reloads
all went down quick smartly
interesting......
Was there not any problems using a slightly smaller 308 cal bullet down a 311 barrel?
this cartridge is "ethically" only a 150yard maximum range proposition on deer so any group under 3" is good enough. my teenage son was consistantly under 3" with a 4x scope
the above deer were all shot at below 50 yards range...bush stalking range.
so not in my opinion is that an issue.