An AR with an "Eastern" flavour.

[imarangemaster]

I love the 7.62x39 cartridge, but have trouble with it in an AR platform. That's why I have an AK in 7.62x39 to go with my two 5.56 AR platforms. The ARs are great weapons. My 20" 602/SP1 slick side clone is the consummate light assault rifle as Stoner's team designed at 5.5 pounds, with 3300 FPS from the 20" barrel. My M4gery is almost as light and a little handier with some velocity loss (3150 fps) from a 16" barrel.

With that said, however, my AK with it's steel com-bloc mags is the consummate, end of the world, indestructible, abuse me beyond belief, and I will still fire every time, function and feed 100% of the time weapon. I could (and have) intentionally and unintentionally abused my various AK platforms through the years, to levels I would NEVER subject my ARs to. Add to that the 8M3 loaded 124 grain HP "fragtastic" rounds I have for it are at least as nasty as an M193 round from a 20" barrel, but will punch through twice as much barrier.

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[Stevo]

I love the 7.62x39 cartridge, but have trouble with it in an AR platform.

Can you expand on that or is it just a personal "rightness" thing?

[imarangemaster]

Can you expand on that or is it just a personal "rightness" thing?

Hahaha! Just a personal thing. It just bothers my "firearms feng shui!" I know that AR platforms in the caliber (and 308) have been problematic, but it is more preference. The platforms were designed around their respective cartridges, that's why they work so well in their designed firearms.

The I think the 7.62x39 is a great round, but I really think Wilson Combat 7.62x40 is better for the AR platform. It duplicates 7.62x39 without reliability issues and uses the same basic 5.56 case AR mags. The 300 BLK (7.62x35) also does, but is a pain because you need proprietary design bullets for the 300 BLK (long nosed to feed). The 7.62x40 uses any .308 bullet. I sold my 300 BLK because I could not afford to feed it, even reloading. I can do 2-3 of the 5.56 rounds for the same as one 300 BLK. 6.8 SPC II is also a great round, but mags are different.