I'm awaiting the arrival of a Howa mini 1500, mounted in an MDT ORYX aluminum chassis. The rifle is chambered for 7.62 x 39mm Russian. I haven't looked really hard, but so far, I'm finding that 0.310 diameter bullets seem to have limited availability and bullet style. A couple of decades ago, I bought a lot of bulk, remington, 0.308 diameter, 125 grain bullets. They were rarely used, and so there are still buckets of them left. Since the rifle is newly manufactured, I'm hoping it will be SAAMI compliant. SAMMI specifies 0.300 for the bore diameter, and 0.310 for the groove diameter.
Is there a possibility that 0.308 diameter bullets will work in the 7.62x39mm Russian and give good accuracy? Has anyone else used 0.308 bullets in the russian round and how did they work? Of course, the final answer to this may be to just load the 0.308 bullets up and see for myself.
Is there a possibility that 0.308 diameter bullets will work in the 7.62x39mm Russian and give good accuracy? Has anyone else used 0.308 bullets in the russian round and how did they work? Of course, the final answer to this may be to just load the 0.308 bullets up and see for myself.