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1/29/2010 11:15:55 AM EDT
Recommendations on 7.62x39 ammo seems to be a lot easier to come by than 5.45x39.  I have an AK-74 on the way and wanted to pick up a few spam cans of surplus 5.45x39 for it.  I already know the surplus stuff will be corrosive, so need to cover that subject.  What I want to know is if there is any difference which stuff I buy (Barnaul vs. Tula vs. Ulyanovsk etc.).  If some shoots better (tighter groups / less malfunctions) than that is what I would be interested in knowing.  Thanks.
1/29/2010 2:39:18 PM EDT
[#1]
Man, all that I have shot has been minute of whatever I am shooting at.  That includes Polish, Bulgarian, Russian, Romanian (all surplus), and the commercial Silver Bear, Wolf, and Uly that came back about a decade ago.
1/29/2010 8:11:24 PM EDT
[#2]
That's quite impressive results.  One mil accuracy is better than I was hoping for with an AK-74.  Sounds like all the spam can ammo was loaded to tight tolerances.  Good news.
1/30/2010 7:48:34 AM EDT
[#3]
I have not kept up with the surp reviews recently.

Watch out for 'odd weight' 545 like the Uly without the air tip 70gr, or the stubby SP, neither grouped well in my SAR2 or Bulgy.

When in doubt, blue box Barnaul, worth 10% more than flyer-prone Tula imho.
1/30/2010 12:32:18 PM EDT
[#4]
You  mean there is 70 grain 5.45 out of a spam can?  I thought the 7N6 stuff out of spam cans was all 53 grain.  That's what I'm looking at buying . . . . . . . . mil-surp spam can ammo (5.45).
1/30/2010 1:32:14 PM EDT
[#5]
Quoted:
You  mean there is 70 grain 5.45 out of a spam can?  I thought the 7N6 stuff out of spam cans was all 53 grain.  That's what I'm looking at buying . . . . . . . . mil-surp spam can ammo (5.45).


I believe I have seen commercial Russian 5.45x39 in spam cans within the last few years.

Cabelas is selling Russian ammo labeled "Herters" in spam cans now in 9mm, .223, 7.62x39, .45.  Just because it is in a spam can doesn't mean it has to be surplus.

1/30/2010 3:45:25 PM EDT
[#6]
Torch, make it to the Princeton GunShow tommorrow and will hook you up with some who has 5.45x39 for $250 a case.
IM me
1/30/2010 5:40:05 PM EDT
[#7]
Jager:

I was just at Princeton today.  Did run into a guy that had a few spam cans of 81 vintage stuff from factory 270 under one of the tables, but he wanted $170 for it.  Figured that I could do better elsewhere.

Torch
1/31/2010 4:12:38 AM EDT
[#8]
Talk to Pat from Mean Metal Guns. He is in the first room, to the right as you come in the door, all the way down the first row to the right. He has the Microtech BullPup's and the Barret 6.8's. He has a crate underneath his table and has a sign on his table for $250.
Good Luck
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