Thread: got some range time with the 8mm and 7.62x39

I was reading somewhere (not sure if it was here?) that the Soviets made their 7.62x39 barrels using the same tooling as they made their Mosin / PK barrels with - with 54r needing a fast twist rate for the much longer and heavier projectiles it's lobbing. So AK's got the same 1 in 9.something and this legacy has carried on for no apparent reason in modern guns. It's overly fast for x39's lightweight bullets which can be quite detrimental to accuracy.

So yeah, 150's should shoot better, although they're a bit pedestrian.