Thread: So how far can you usefully shoot a 7.62x39?

Originally Posted by Simon

Shot my Ruger Ranch in 7.62x39 last weekend at 200m at 8” steel plates with a 2moa red dot using mixture of FMJ. Shooting prone I scored hits at least 90% of the time. Misses were generally my fault.
Great little Round.


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I also got an Ruger ranch 7.62x39 as a SKS Cindy replacement with intentions of using up my mil surp spam can ammo for off hand practice. Well there was no need for better ammo for range target shooting as on sighting in on first group (and following groups) where all touching abet at 50m, due to time constraints (range about to close) I have not tried further out yet.

And yes I do take hot water to flush rifle before leaving range when using mil surp.