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    Quote Originally Posted by tetawa View Post
    Have used other calibres with Barnes for many years without a problem, will contact Barnes as I've been informed the 7.62x39 projectiles open as low as 1400 fps.
    Thats interesting... not doubting you mate but 1400 fps is well below the expansion threshold for many traditional cup and core bullets as well as some of the more modern softer long-range bullets.

    Would love to know what Barnes say... around 2000fps terminal velocity would be my guess.
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