Progress?
Where y'all play? I played tournament paintball in college.....I miss it but definitely don't miss the price tagL'dMAO at both posts above. Salty YES Iam still going to finish my AR47. But during Spring, Summer and Fall We travel, play paintball, jetski etc. My gun hobbies and builds are done in the winter when you can't do Sh-t here in Texas. LOL Right now is Paintball season.
I have a 7.62x39 AR with a 7.5" barrel. Only problems I have with it are mags. The springs are too weak to consistently feed the last couple rounds in the mag. Some times it will feed the all other it wont feed the last one or last two. And I got the mags that are considered to be the best brand for 7.62x39 ARs
I have a 7.62x39 AR with a 7.5" barrel. Only problems I have with it are mags. The springs are too weak to consistently feed the last couple rounds in the mag. Some times it will feed the all other it wont feed the last one or last two. And I got the mags that are considered to be the best brand for 7.62x39 ARs
I have a 7.62x39 AR with a 7.5" barrel. Only problems I have with it are mags. The springs are too weak to consistently feed the last couple rounds in the mag. Some times it will feed the all other it wont feed the last one or last two. And I got the mags that are considered to be the best brand for 7.62x39 ARs
An AK has more of a story behind it, but a .300 BLK is not necessarily all it's cracked up to be. Just look at it's ballistics profile and you can see where it falls short. It's also costly to fire, as it requires more than just a barrel swap to work.
I think the reason a 7.62x39 is a bad choice in 2015 for any platform, is because the cartridge itself. It doesn't have anything to do with what platform the round is being thrown through, but rather what does matter is that the round has just outlived it's relative effective lifespan and more current rounds have surpassed it.
Personally, I think that unless you're an operator firing suppressed or you just don't care about over penatration, then a .300 BLK is a novelty round that's filling a VERY small niche at a high cost and a lot of guys have jumped on that bandwagon for no reason other than curiosity and keeping up with the Jones'. After all it's a .30cal, 200+gr round, with only about 500 ft./lbs muzzle energy that needs either a short gas system or a suppressor to cycle properly, as well as a barrel swap.
IF there was any reason to actually build an AR in anything but .223 or .308, I would suggest a Sharps 25-45. The 25-45 cycles with any AR15 .223/5.56 factory gas system and carrier group, as well as fits standard magazines. All you need is a Sharps 25-45 barrel. Rounds vary, but 87gr soft points are around $1.10 - $1.28/rd and they deliver much much better ballistics over a 7.62x39, 5.56, and .300 BLK, being perfectly designed for hunting. That 87gr bullet flies at 3,000fps and leaves the barrel with 1,700 ft/lbs of energy.
...in fact...a Sharp 25-45 AR build just jumped to the top of my list.
If others have different experience let me know. I'm always open to cheaper options I may not know about.